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List of events
Events from the year 1779 in
Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 1 May –
Alexander Morison, physician and psychiatrist (died
1866)
- 2 May –
John Galt, novelist and entrepreneur (died
1839)
- 25 August –
Robert Barclay Allardice ("Capt. Barclay"), competitive walker (died
1854)
- 26 October –
Henry Cockburn, judge and man of letters (died
1854)
- 20 December –
Alexander Walker, physiologist (died 1852)
- 22 December –
Ralph Wardlaw, Presbyterian clergyman (died
1853)
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James Barr, composer (died
1860)
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James Marr Brydone, naval surgeon (died 1866 in England)
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Patrick Campbell, army officer and diplomat (died 1857)
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John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, Whig politician (died 1856)
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James Forbes, inspector-general of army hospitals (died 1837 in London)
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James Mudie, settler in Australia (died 1852)
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Hugh Murray, geographer (died 1846 in London)
Deaths
The arts
See also
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