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NatureScot (Scottish Gaelic: NàdarAlba) is the operating name for the body formally called Scottish Natural Heritage. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body [1] of the Scottish Government responsible for the country's natural heritage, especially its natural, genetic and scenic diversity.
John Scotus Eriugena, [a] also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, [b] John the Scot or John the Irish-born [5] (c. 800 – c. 877), [6] was an Irish Neoplatonist philosopher, theologian and poet of the Early Middle Ages. Bertrand Russell dubbed him "the most astonishing person of the ninth century". [7]
Hume was born on 26 April 1711, as David Home, in a tenement on the north side of Edinburgh's Lawnmarket.He was the second of two sons born to Catherine Home (née Falconer), daughter of Sir David Falconer of Newton, Midlothian and his wife Mary Falconer (née Norvell), [14] and Joseph Home of Chirnside in the County of Berwick, an advocate of Ninewells.
A month before his death, he gave up food and his body gradually lost all strength. At first he consumed fruit juices and a week before his death he limited himself to only water. [69] [68] Nearing died on August 24, 1983, in his home in Harborside, Maine, eighteen days after his 100th birthday. His wife Helen was present.
Scott John Hutchison (20 November 1981 – 9 May 2018) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He was the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit , with whom he recorded five studio albums, and created the artwork for each release.
John Duns Scotus OFM (/ ˈ s k oʊ t ə s / SKOH-təs; Ecclesiastical Latin: [duns ˈskɔtus], "Duns the Scot"; c. 1265/66 – 8 November 1308) [9] was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian.
Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages.He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic.
Scottish people or Scots (Scots: Scots fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples , the Picts and Gaels , who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba ) in the 9th century.