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Displaying 101 - 110 of 2530 itemsBiography: William George Gibson
… branches of knowledge, died on Monday morning at two o'clock, in the Royal Infirmary. He had been a patient there … family, several members of which held the position of Deacon of the Fleshers in the palmy days of the Incorporated … entitled "A Medical Sketch of Dumfriesshire," and he accompanied Captain Scoresby on an Arctic expedition in which …
Meeting: Maria Riddell — the Friend of Burns
… editor of the Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society , undertook at short notice to fill a gap in the programme, … and of parliamentary reform in Britain. Having much in common, she and Burns corresponded in 1792 and 1793. Late in …
Meeting: Fungi Folklore
… At its meeting on 20 November 2015 Duncan Ford, the Countryside Ranger for Hoddom and Kinmount Estate, gave the Society a fascinating talk on the uses of fungi and the folklore associated with them. The earliest known representation … which may refer to the sensations of flying and buzzing commonly experienced on consumption of this fungus. …
Meeting: Glencairn Parish in 1560
… The AGM of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society was held in … on 7th October. Following the AGM Dr Francis Toolis, President, introduced Sandy Hall as speaker for the evening. … Queen of Scots, living in France, had the prospect of becoming Queen of all three nations when she was in her …
Meeting: Utah and Arizona — a Love Affair
… Following the AGM of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History … in preparation for which he sifted through his 900 slides to select many remarkable landscapes. On his first … to that of today. November saw large animals and plants coming to life and sandstone forming. On December 11th the …
Biography: James Gilchrist
… education at the parish school of Torthorwald by working on local farms during his school holidays. His education … to benefit from occasional attendance at the Dumfries Academy where a distant relative of his was a teacher. It was … Gilchrist, 1860), are known, and the role he played in the compilation of papers by other authors is not fully …
Biography: Duncan Adamson, M.A. 1936–2007
… to a well known family. After education at Dumfries Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where he was a near … including cricket, football and bridge. He was a member of Loreburn Bridge Club, of which he was a very active … and also various articles in the Transactions with the accompanying off-print booklets, on Ann Hill, the Kirkpatrick …
… Over 60 members of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society met on 29 … the early church in south-west Scotland: the artefactual evidence . Dr Maldonado explained how the south-west region of … the archaeology has the potential for a much broader set of questions around settlement, food production and the …
Meeting: Tower-Houses of the Scottish Borders
… The second bi-fortnightly lecture on 21 October, attended by 72 members and guests, was given by Alistair … and author of two definitive books on the subject, gave a comprehensive overview of these formidable buildings. Their … Tower, near Annan. Judged to have been wrongly seized in 1626 by the sons of the original builder, Edward Irving, it …