Frederick  E. E. Schenck

Frederick E. E. Schenck

Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

4 memorials
Robert Weir Schultz

Robert Weir Schultz

Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute. Almost all of his buildings are now category A listed buildings, reflect...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture, Scotland

1 memorial
Bon Scott

Bon Scott

Singer and songwriter. Born Ronald Belford Scott in Forfar, Scotland, his family moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was six. He joined the rock group AC/DC as lead singer in 1974. Following a re...

Person, Music / songs, Australia, Scotland

1 memorial
James Robb Scott

James Robb Scott

Architect. Born Glasgow. Also designed Richmond station. In addition to the information contained in his biography on the Scottish Architects website, he was shown in the April 1891 census as a sc...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

2 memorials
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

Writer. Born Edinburgh. Extremely popular in his lifetime, worldwide. Novels include: Waverley and Ivanhoe. Poems: Lady of the Lake. Died Abbotsford, south of Edinburgh, his home since 1812. ...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Scotland

3 memorials
W. Gilbee Scott

W. Gilbee Scott

William Gilbee Scott had a practice at 25, Bedford Row.  The only building, apart from the How Gateway, we can find by him is the Salvation Army Citadel in Sheffield. 2016: via Facebook Neil Jacks...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

1 memorial
William Bell Scott

William Bell Scott

Born Edinburgh. Painter and poet, closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. His work was championed by the Rossettis, Christina and Dante Gabriel. He achieved fame when he was commissioned to do...

Person, Art, Poetry, Scotland

1 memorial
Private Farquar Shaw

Private Farquar Shaw

The Highland regiment, the Black Watch, had been marched down from Scotland to Finchley where, hearing rumours that they were to be sent to fight in America, about 100 soldiers went absent without ...

Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Scotland

1 memorial
Richard Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw

Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His London works include: 1-2 St James Street, Grim's Dyke, the Royal Geographic Society, 17 Chelsea Embankment, Bedford Par...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

5 memorials
Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Character actor. Born Edinburgh. Only became a professional actor aged about 30. Worked in Shakespeare at the Old Vic and then spent the 1950s making many British films, such as the 1954 The Belles...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Scotland

1 memorial
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