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Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935). Born of peasant ancestry, Gibbon was an active socialist and writer at work during the Scottish Renaissance of the early to mid twentieth century alongside such contemporaries as Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973) and Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978). The author 's careful employment of stream-of-consciousness technique, the Scots idiom and social realism have marked this particular text out as one of the most innovative and defining…

Paul Jones Was a very important person of the Navy.John Paul Jones was born on July 6, 1747 in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, but then died July 18, 1792.In this paper you will learn about John Paul Jones childhood and family and how he impacted the world as well as some other interesting facts. In this paragraph John Paul's Family and childhood will be explained.John Paul Jones was born in Scotland in a Christian church and given the name John Paul by his father John Paul Sr. and mother Jean McDuff.…

The movie “Braveheart” was based in Scotland in 1280 AD, William Wallace led the scotish army in the first war of Scotish independce agianst King Edward I. Randall Wallace was traveling Scotland when he decided he wanted to create the fillm, He saw statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce visiting the Edinburgh Castle and asked a tour guide who they were. The guide proceeded to tell the screenwriter about their story. Wallace was immediately inspired to write a screenplay about the famed…

Battle of Langside Battle of Pinkie Cleugh Battle of Carberry Hill Rough Wooing of Scotland Wyatt's Rebellion Siege of Leith Revolt of the Northern Earls Anglo-Spanish War Battle of Langside: The Battle of Langside took place May 13th1568 and was between Mary Stuart and her half-brother James Stuart. The reason behind the battle was that Mary escaped from the Loch Leven Castle that she was imprisoned at due to the Battle of Carberry Hill. Once Mary escaped she tried to put her last efforts…

Immigration to the United States is a phenomenon that has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. During the late 1800s, millions people immigrated to America fleeing religious, racial, and political persecution, or seeking relief from a lack of economic opportunity. Among these men and women, was Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie and his parents, Margaret and Will Carnegie. Economic, social, and political effects of…

Section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 provides courts with the power to impose and deprive parental rights and responsibilities over a child where their welfare is or may be at risk. They carry this out by issuing a number of orders, such as a residence order, a contact/enforcement of contact order, and a specific issue order. Each of these must only be made where there are legitimate concerns for the welfare of the child, these may include neglect, abuse or situations where the child's…

Do you believe in the raw haunted history that lies in the Edinburgh Vaults of Scotland? The history of the people who lived in the Edinburgh vaults is extremely savage. There were men, women, children, and elderly who found themselves calling these vaults their homes. The history of the Edinburgh vaults is full of horror and terrifying facts that lead one to think that they are still haunted to this day. In looking at this haunted site, one must look at the history of the people who lived in…

dopamine which results in tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia and autonomic dysfunction. According to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (2010), out of every 100,000 people, between 120 and 230 people are living with Parkinson’s in Scotland. Furthermore Parkinson’s disease can affect people from all age groups and ethnic backgrounds. However the majority of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s are over the age of 60 (Better health better care Parkinson’s disease Society, 2007)…

3.ix Janet (née Cook) Inglis[C.1.14] and Descendants Eight daughter of Neil[C.1] and Catherine (née Currie) Cook; 1820 – 1888 THE YOUNGEST of Neil[C.1] and Catherine Cook’s children was Janet [C.1.14], presumably born in Sliddery in January 1820 and baptised on the 17th. On the 22nd of November 1853, she married a forester in the em-ploy of the forestry department at Brodick Castle named David Inglis. Born between 1820 and 1822, he was the son of David and Euphemia (née Hamilton) Inglis.…

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…