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List of events
Events from the year 1857 in
Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
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31 March –
John James Burnet, architect (died
1938)
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11 April –
John Davidson, poet and playwright (drowned himself 1909 at
Penzance)
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15 May –
Williamina Fleming, née Stevens, astronomer noted for her discovery of the
Horsehead Nebula in 1888 (died
1911 in the United States)
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15 June –
William Fife, yacht designer (died
1944)
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4 July –
John Campbell, architect (died
1942 in New Zealand)
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11 July –
David Prain, botanist (died 1944)
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19 September –
James Bridie, international rugby union player (died 1893 in England)
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2 October –
John Macintyre, laryngologist and pioneer radiographer (died
1928)
- Date unknown –
John Wilson, Lord Ashmore, Sheriff 1900–20,
Senator of the College of Justice 1930–28 (died
1932)
Deaths
The arts
See also
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