Scottish biographers

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

Scottish author (1812-1904)

British poet and novelist (1770–1835)

British Labour Party politician (1953–2023)

German writer (1864–1933)

Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978)

British geologist (1835–1924)

Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871)

Surveyor General of India

Scottish critic and translator (1856–1924)

Scottish writer (1855–1905)

former First Minister of Scotland (born 1948)

Scottish historian and statistician (1840-1900)

Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)

Scottish politician (1932-2017)

British politician (1852–1936)

Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854)

British historian (1904–1976)

Scottish scholar and man of letters (1809–1895)

British historian (1792–1867)

British writer, poet, biographer, and translator (1816–1909)

British academic (1809-1881)

British antiquarian (1758-1826)

British politician (1845-1916)

British antiquarian; (1742-1825)

Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian; (1747-1813)

UK royal governess (1909-1988)

author, journalist and broadcaster,

British mathematician and physician

British writer (1879–1946)

British librarian (1862–1914)

Scottish academic and reformer (1859–1945)

Scottish minister and essayist (1757-1839)

Scottish writer and scholar (1833–1894)

Scottish classical scholar (1830–1908)

British legal scholar (1776–1847)

British writer and historian (1912–2005)

British journalist (1931–2014)

New Zealand writer (1915–1975)

British writer and philatelist (1936–2007)

Scottish writer and editor

Scottish Jacobite and soldier of fortune

Scottish journalist and biographer (1845–1915)

Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure

British academic (1822–1907)