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University of Glasgow
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Glasgow, Scotland
Founding Date:
1451 Motto:
Via, Veritas, Vita Enrollment:
20,000 Official Website:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| John Logie Baird |
Inventor |
13-Aug-1888 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Television |
| Hastings Banda |
Head of State |
1898 |
25-Nov-1997 |
First President of Malawi |
| David Beaton |
Religion |
c. 1494 |
29-May-1546 |
Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews |
| James Blyth |
Business |
8-May-1940 |
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Chairman of Diageo, 2000-08 |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Des Browne |
Politician |
22-Mar-1952 |
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UK Minister of Defence |
| James Bryce |
Historian |
10-May-1838 |
22-Jan-1922 |
The Holy Roman Empire |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
Astronomer |
15-Jul-1943 |
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Co-Discoverer of pulsars |
| Gerard Butler |
Actor |
13-Nov-1969 |
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Dracula 2000 |
| Vincent Cable |
Politician |
9-May-1943 |
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British MP, Twickenham |
| Menzies Campbell |
Politician |
22-May-1941 |
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07 |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister, 1905-08 |
| Lloyd Cole |
Singer/Songwriter |
31-Jan-1961 |
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions |
| George Douglas |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1869 |
28-Aug-1902 |
The House With the Green Shutters |
| Douglas J. Flint |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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Group Finance Director, HSBC |
| Liam Fox |
Politician |
22-Sep-1961 |
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UK Conservative Party Co-Chair |
| Sir James Frazer |
Anthropologist |
1-Jan-1854 |
7-May-1941 |
The Golden Bough |
| Hugh Grant |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Monsanto |
| Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Botanist |
30-Jun-1817 |
10-Dec-1911 |
Genera Plantarum |
| William Hunter |
Doctor |
23-May-1718 |
30-Mar-1783 |
English anatomist and obstetrician |
| Armando Iannucci |
Screenwriter |
28-Nov-1963 |
|
The Thick of It |
| Charles Kennedy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1959 |
1-Jun-2015 |
Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006 |
| David Livingstone |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1813 |
1-May-1873 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Charles Macintosh |
Chemist |
29-Dec-1766 |
25-Jul-1843 |
Invented the raincoat |
| James Mackay |
Historian |
21-Nov-1936 |
12-Aug-2007 |
Plagiarising historian |
| Alistair MacLean |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1922 |
2-Feb-1987 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| Duncan Macrae |
Actor |
20-Aug-1905 |
23-Mar-1967 |
The Little Kidnappers |
| Tom McKillop |
Business |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland |
| Francis J. Meehan |
Diplomat |
14-Feb-1924 |
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US Ambassador to East Germany, 1985-88 |
| Peter Mullan |
Actor |
2-Nov-1959 |
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My Name Is Joe |
| John Boyd Orr |
Scientist |
23-Sep-1880 |
25-Jun-1971 |
Nutritionist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| Richard G. Sim |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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APW Ltd. |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
The Wealth of Nations |
| Tobias Smollett |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1721 |
17-Sep-1771 |
The Adventures of Roderick Random |
| Alexander R. Todd |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nucleic acid, nucleotides |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
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