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Displaying 151 - 160 of 1885 items… — and two local heroes . Prominent historians, such as Trevor-Roper and Robertson, have suggested that medicine and … wide excision for cancer, a treatment that would later become widely accepted. His results for the management of head … He made valuable contributions in three areas. He recommended routine and regular pain relief after surgery; he …
… Scotland has an intriguing and complex earth history. Indeed, it has greater diversity in its rocks and landforms than anywhere of the same … Ussher. Only the persuasive observations of James Hutton, commonly termed ‘the Father of Modern Geology’, dispelled …
… Obituary from TDGNHAS , Series III, Vol. LXXI, p.170 James Robertson became a member of this society on 20th March 1936: He had come to Dumfries as a member of the Dumfriesshire County … Council Roads Department in 1929 and by the mid 1930s had become County Road Surveyor — at that time perhaps the …
Biography: George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
… in the United States of America. He was employed in the service of the New York Public Library where he was a noted … 1889 he, along with Joseph Bisset, was asked to undertake a complete re-display of the Museum. Black's paper in our … pp.331–422. Catalogue of Dr Grierson's Museum, Thornhill , compiled by Geo. F. Black, Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 82
… by John G Young 31 An Enclosure and other features at Evan Road, Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway by Lindsay J. … Part 8: Sark by Andrew Breeze 49 A possible Discoid Gravemarker at Kirkconnel Lea by George Thomson 51 Another Look … Nic Coombey 95 Sir Herbert Maxwell: Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of …
TDGNHAS Card: 3086-6
… There is documentary evidence for the management of woods in southern Scotland in … and by stipulating a 10 to 15 year rota for cutting wood. Combined with the palynological evidence from the area this … nor do the sources explain how these arrangements affected common rights or the practices of the local population as a …
Biography: Major-General James Scott-Elliot
… Obituary from TDGNHAS , Series III, Vol. LXX, p.115 By the death of General Scott-Elliot, in … month, except to say that, as might be expected of an ex commander of the 51st (Highland) Division and former colonel … 1962 to 1965. He appeared on the scene just when we were coming to terms with the loss of Dr.R.C.Reid whose influence …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 85
… George Watt' escorts 'Baroness Dawn' to Scotland" by Girija Viraraghavan by Morag Williams 1 The 2010 Dumfriesshire Rookery Census: Including comparisons with the surveys of 1908, 1921, 1963, 1975, …
Biography: Frank Miller, F.S.A. Scot.
… Obituary from TDGNHAS Series III, Vol. XXIII, p.239 On 16th January, 1944, there passed away … his contributions to our Transactions were numerous and valuable. He spared no pains to make them authoritative, and soon became recognised as one of the small scholarly …