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Herbert George Greig

  • Person
  • fl 1893
Herbert George Greig worked in sales with RR Colpitts & Son Stationers. Barbara Hall was the daughter of Herbert George Greig, the son of David Greig, who was from Arbroath but emigrated to Canada.

Henry David Buist

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  • ?-1972

Henry David Buist served an engineering apprenticeship then went to India where he was a factory manager for National Company Ltd in Rajgunge for 33 years. He managed the Orient, Budge and National Jute Mills. In 1935 he was appointed a Magistrate of the Third Class in the district of Howrah.

Buist's family lived at Dalmeny Place, 1 Morgan Street, Dundee and would holiday in India. Buist and his wife had two daughters; the elder, Ina, was regularly sent postcards from India by her father and by his brother, William. Their youngest child, Henry, was drowned when his ship was torpedoed off Norway in the early months of WW2.

HD Buist retired from working in India in February 1942. His wife died in 1963, and Buist himself died at his home, 27 Oxford Street, Dundee in February 1972.
Source: The Courier & Advertiser, February 29, 1972

Helen Gill Parker (nee Irons)

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  • 1897-1969
Helen Irons was born in Perth, the eldest of four children. The family moved to Forfar where her railwayman father, William Irons, worked as the Station Foreman. Her Mother, Margaret Gill, was from Dundee.
Helen trained as a teacher at Dundee Training College, graduating in 1917. She worked as a teacher in Durham where she met and married William Parker, and had two children.
Her latter years were spent in Hampshire, where she had moved to be near her daughter.
Source: granddaughter

Harry Duffus

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Harry Duffus was the father of George Duffus, entertainer, and a relation of Innes Duffus, Archivist to the Nine Trades.

Grant Morrison

  • Person
  • 1960-
Grant Morrison, MBE, is a Scottish comic book writer and playwright. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings. He has also served as the editor-in-chief of Heavy Metal and currently operates as an adviser for the magazine. He is also the co-creator of the Syfy TV series Happy! starring Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt. Morrison is also an occasional actor, with his most recent appearance being a brief cameo as a news broadcaster in the 2017 horror comedy film 'Mom and Dad'.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison

Graham McNicol

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  • fl 1956-2014
Graham McNicol took a law degree at the University of Dundee from 1956-1959

Gordon B Corbet

  • Person
  • 1933 -
Gordon B Corbet was born in Dundee and attended Morgan Academy. He graduated from University College, Dundee with a BSc first in Zoology and was a post-graduate student between September 1955 to August 1958 in the Department of Natural History at University College Dundee/Queen's College, then at college of St Andrews University. His thesis, 'The distribution, variation and ecology of voles in the Scottish Highlands', was submitted in late 1959 and he graduated PhD in June 1960; supervisor Dr Fred Waterhouse, external examiner Dr Mick Southern, Oxford. Corbet's career included an assistant lectureship at Sir John Cass College, London and offices with the British Museum. On his retirement in 1992 he returned to Scotland

Gilles Lapers

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Gilles Lapers is the husband of Zygmunt Sawicki's granddaughter. Lapers researched his wife's grandfather's service with the 1st Polish Armoured Division (1st P.A.D.) and the Traffic Control Platoon during the Second World War.

Georgia Standen Battle

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  • fl 2019
Georgia Standen is an Editor at DC Thomson who mostly works on Commando and Oor Wullie. Georgia Standen Battle is her pen name. Although she has been an editor for years, the comic 'Shadow in the Storm!' is her first credited Commando comic and the first Commando comic written by a woman in 30 years.

George Yule Mackie, Lord Mackie of Benshie

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  • 1919-2015

George Yule Mackie, Lord Mackie of Benshie was born on 10th July 1919 on the family farm at Tarves, Aberdeenshire. He was a Liberal Democrat peer (1974-2015), Chairman of the Scottish Liberal Party (1965-1970) and former Liberal MP for Caithness and Sutherland (1964-1966), a pilot and Squadron Leader during World War Two and Rector of the University of Dundee in the 1980s.

Mackie flew over 70 missions with bomber command, being awarded the DSO and the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1944 he married Lindsay Lyall Sharp, and they settled at Ballinshoe Farm, Benshie, near Kirriemuir in Angus. Initially concentrating on arable farming, Mackie diversified into farming pigs, cattle and fruit. From the 1960s he also developed several businesses in the Highlands, including Caithness Glass at Wick, then Perth, The Tongue Hotel on the Pentland Firth and the Braeroy Estate near Fort William.

Having first contested South Angus in 1959, Mackie was elected Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland in 1964. In the Commons he served as Scottish Liberal whip. He lost his seat in 1966, when he was defeated by Labour candidate Robert Maclennan. Maclennan eventually became a senior Social Democrat Party/Liberal Democrat politician in the 1980s. Mackie contested Caithness and Sutherland again in 1970, but lost by a wider margin.

Having been Chair of the Scottish Liberal Party from 1965 to 1970, he was its President between 1983 and 1988. Having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971, Mackie was given a life peerage, as Baron Mackie of Benshie of Kirriemuir in the County of Angus on 10 May 1974. In the House of Lords, he served as Agriculture and Scottish Affairs spokesman for the Liberals and their successor parties between 1975 and 2000. From 1986 to 1997 he served on the Council of Europe.

Between 1980 and 1983, he was elected as Rector of the University of Dundee. Mackie was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1982.

Mackie and Lindsay had three daughters, and a son who died young. Lindsay died in 1985 and in 1988 Mackie married Jacqueline Lane, the widow of a partner in one of his hotel ventures. Lord Mackie died in 2015 at the age of 95 years old.
Sources: MS 404; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11418362/Lord-Mackie-of-Benshie-obituary.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackie,_Baron_Mackie_of_Benshie; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/17/lord-mackie-of-benshie

George Taylor and Margaret Corstorphine

  • Person
  • 1904-1993

George Taylor was born in Edinburgh and educated at Edinburgh University where he gained a degree in Botany. Leaving his post-graduate employment at the Royal Botanical Garden, Taylor moved south to establish the botanical section within the British Museum. In 1956 he was appointed the director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew and gained a knighthood in 1962. As well as his official career he travelled widely in China, Asia and Africa on plant collecting expeditions and had a special interest in the Himalayan poppy.

Robert Henry and Margaret Corstorphine were keen amateur botanists from Arbroath who dedicated their talents to studying the flora of the county of Angus. Over a forty-year period lasting into the early 1940s they amassed a comprehensive Herbarium and botanical library and were also engaged in the compilation of a manuscript survey of the flora of Angus, which was intended for publication. Taylor became closely involved with the Flora of Angus after the death of Robert Corstorphine. Margaret Corstorphine welcomed his assistance as her poor health left her unable to continue with the work alone.

George Nicoll

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  • fl 1940-1988
George Nicoll studied at University College, Dundee. His First Science examinations were Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology. Second Science Examinations were Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He graduated from University of St Andrews in 1949 and received a Diploma in Education from Dundee Training College in 1950. Mr Nicoll went on to teach at various schools in Dundee including Harris Academy.

George Mason

  • Person
  • 1945-
George Mason was an employee of Timex Electronics group, employed in their manufacturing plant in Dundee during the Timex dispute. The Timex corporation had been a major employer within the city for a number of decades when, in the early 1980s, citing difficulties with competing with cheaper workforces and production costs in the Far East, the company attempted to streamline the plant. This streamlining took the form of attempting to cut wages and employee numbers, which led to a dispute with the workers and their Union. This dispute resulted in mass demonstrations, picket lines, clashes with police, a large number of redundancies, and the bringing in of replacement workers to take the place of those sacked and picketing, before ultimately resulting in the closure of the plant and Timex withdrawing from Dundee in 1993. During this time period George Mason was an active member of the union, and had his employment terminated for taking part in the picketing.
George Mason is currently (2006) a janitor at the University of Dundee.

George H Smith

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  • fl 1934-1940
George H Smith and Alex S Davie both studied medicine at the same time at University College, Dundee. They were friends and George went on to marry Alex's sister, Muriel Davie in 1940.

George Bernard Shaw

  • Person
  • 1854 -1950
George Bernard Shaw was a Dublin born, Nobel prize winning playwright and critic. His plays include 'Major Barbara', 'The Doctor's Dilemma', 'Caesar and Cleopatra', 'Pygmalion', and 'Saint Joan'. He was also a prolific letter writer.

G. P. Henderson

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Professor G. P. Henderson was a lecturer in the department of Philosophy at the University of Dundee and the editor of the publication 'The Philisophical Quarterly'.

Frank McDermott

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  • 1942-
Frank McDermott attended St Michael's School, Dundee, leaving at the age of 15 years old. After working for a few months as a message boy for the local Co-Op, his teacher, Michael Dewar suggested he joined Dundee Rep as a dogsbody.
McDermott worked at Dundee Rep between March 1958 and 1961, where he painted scenery, sourced props, shifted scenes and helped with the lighting. It was the habit of Dundee Rep to employ cheap acting 'extras' from Dundee Art College, and Frank frequently joined them on stage in a variety of roles. His first speaking role was in Juno and the Paycock.
Frank left Dundee in 1961, and did a brief stint with the Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before leaving the stage all together. He went on to gain a degree in Educational Psychology and developed courses in Welfare at the College of Further Education in Grimsby and was also responsible for the development of its School of Social Care.
Since retirement in 1999, Frank has also worked as a supply teacher and youth justice officer. He has two sons and two daughters.

Fay Noakes

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  • 1927- 2019
Effie Nicholson Noakes (known in her working life as Fay) was born 10th November 1927 at Glasgow Maternity Hospital, daughter of Alfred Smith Noakes, master cabinet maker and Jessie Rodger Nicholson who was a seamstress and glovemaker. They lived at 143 Sinclair Drive, Glasgow when she was born. Fay Noakes was an apprentice with a Chartered Accounts in Glasgow in the early 1940s. Moving to Perthshire she took up the role of bookkeeper with an Estate, another in Angus and a third back near Perth.
In 1962, following the death of her mother, Noakes travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa, and immediately found work as a bookkeeper. Noakes was awarded a certificate in the Theory of Accountancy in April 1971. Noakes accountancy career took her to Malawi, Sudan, Guyana, Zambia.
She died on the 13th February 2019 at Perth Royal Infirmary.

Ewan Dobie

  • Person
  • fl 2008-
Ewan Dobie is a joiner in the Dundee and Perthshire area

Evelyn Walker

  • Person
  • fl: 1913-1919
Evelyn Walker lived at 125 Perth Road Dundee.

Eric Baillie

  • Person
  • Fl. 1960s to present
Eric Baillie was a student at the University of Dundee studying maths from 1968 - 1972. He was also a member of the Dundee University operatic Society. After university he was a maths teacher at a variety of schools across Dundee and was very active in educational trade unions.

Enid Gauldie

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  • b.1928
Enid Gauldie, née MacNeilage, was educated at University College Dundee, graduating with an MA in 1947. She then worked for the University Library in St Andrews and for the reference section of Dundee Public Library, before leaving to have children. During this time she occasionally worked part time in the University Library in Dundee. In 1967 Gauldie was awarded a BPhil and went on to become a research assistant in the University's History Department. She remained there until 1970 when she left to have another child. Gauldie has published several books and articles and, in her retirement, opened an antique bookshop in Glendoick, Perthshire.

Eddie Small

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  • 1951-2020

Eddie was a historian, playwright, Creative Writing tutor and Public Engagement Officer for the University of Dundee's School of Humanities. He was a well-known face in Dundee literary circles and wrote the play 'The Four Marys' as well as the books 'Mary Lily Walker: The Forgotten Visionary of Dundee' and 'To Bodies Gone', the latter of which saw Eddie research the history of death in Scotland, with an emphasis on practices and rituals surrounding bereavement. He twice won the Stephen Fry award for public engagement, and was voted the 2016 Inspirational Teaching Award winner by the University’s student body. He was also well-known for his very popular tours of the city.
Eddie was born at Dundee Royal Infirmary, grew up in Kirkton and attended West March Primary School and Kirkton High. He had a variety of jobs before gaining his degree and joining the University of Dundee

Sources:
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/eddie-small-memoriam
https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/tributes-flood-in-for-one-of-the-citys-great-sons-eddie-small/

EA Urquhart

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  • 1879-?
Born in Edinburgh in 1879, Urquhart attended the George Heriot School, where his interest in archaeology, language and history began. He was apprenticed to a mechanical and electrical engineer in Fife, moving his family to Longforgan in 1949.
Urquhart was heavily involved in the Scottish Scouting movement, becoming a scoutmaster in Fife in 1917, then District Commissioner in Kirkcaldy and serving on the first Scottish Executive Committee from its formation in 1918 until Urquhart's retirement in 1933, when he was give the Silver Wolf, the movement's highest award.
A leading member of the Abertay Historical Society, Urquhart continued to follow his archaeological and historical interests well into his late 70s, researching Castle Huntly and the ancient roads in the Carse of Gowrie as well as discovering a 2,000 year old earth house in Longforgan.

E. Waymouth Reid

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  • 1862-1948
EDWARD WAYMOUTH REID was born in Canterbury, graduated from Cambridge with a Natural Sciences degree in 1883, subsequently qualifying in medicine at St Bartholomew's, London in 1885. He was appointed Professor of Physiology at Dundee in 1889, and unsuccessfully applied for the Chairs at Edinburgh in 1899, and at Glasgow in 1908. He remained in Dundee until his retirement in 1935.
His research was primarily upon physical and physico-chemical methods applied to physiological problems. He had an accomplished amateur interest in photography and experimented with early colour processes and stereo-photography. It is not surprising that he became interested in Rontgen's work. In Reid's paper to the Scottish Medical & Surgical Journal of 1897, he wrote : "The early X-rays shadow pictures were a real delight. We groped for swallowed teeth within the entrails of criminals supplied by the Bell Street authorities, and located bullets within the skulls of living men. The very idea of transparency in what we had always considered opaque was a stimulant to a photographer." In the event, Reid's interest in x-ray photography was short-lived, a matter of good fortune for him. As it was, he did suffer from over-exposure - 'Professor Kuenen, who in those days himself made all the college vacuum tubes, was my colleague in the sport. In his attempts to get a picture of a fountain pen in the pocket of my waistcoat worn front to back, he succeeded in damaging a good square foot of the varnish of my casing, though luckily the insulation of my field coils held out, and I can still command enough amperes to electrolyse a lobster mayonnaise.' SMSJ, 1897. In 1897, Reid subjected himself to 4 exposures of 20 to 90 minutes each over a period of 4 days, resulting in severe dermatitis and loss of hair for a prolonged period.
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