- 1847 in Scotland
1847 inScotland .Events
Organisations established
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United Presbyterian Church of Scotland Organisations disestablished
Births
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February 13 -Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet , "Concrete Bob", founded the major construction firm now known asSir Robert McAlpine (d. 1934)
*March 3 -Alexander Graham Bell , scientist and inventor (d. 1922)
*April 27 -Archibald Orr-Ewing , former MP (d. 1893)
*August 3 -John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, formerGovernor General of Canada (d. 1934)
*September 12 -John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute , KT,Rector of theUniversity of St Andrews (d. 1900)
*John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie , KT, Liberal politician, formerSecretary for Scotland (d. 1887)Deaths
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May 31 -Thomas Chalmers , mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland (b. 1780)
*Archibald Simpson , architect (b. 1790)ee also
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Timeline of Scottish history
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