17th-century Scottish writers

James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625. Though he long attempted to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained sovereign states ruled by James in personal union, with their own parliaments, judiciaries and laws.

Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)

Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667-1735)

Governed Scotland during Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1607-1661)

Scottish painter, translator and calligrapher (1571-1624)

Scottish Quaker apologist

British philosopher

noblewoman; Scottish Songwriter (1665-1746)

Scottish writer and controversialist

British explorer

Scottish Calvinist minister and member of the Hartlib Circle

Scottish physician and writer

Scottish writer

Scottish writer