West Calder - Notable People

Notable People

  • Sir Archibald Douglas (1298–1333), Guardian of Scotland and military leader.
  • The birthplace of James Douglas (1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist
  • The birthplace of John Kane (1860–1934), painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art.
  • George Hogg (1869 – ????), Scottish footballer
  • Thomas Fairfoul (1881–1952), Scottish footballer
  • Laurence Ennis, chief engineer on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
  • Rhys McCabe, footballer currently playing for Rangers
  • Robert McKeen (1884–1974), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
  • Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer and pupil at West Calder High
  • Brian Eddie, footballer
  • Alexander Ritchie, (1935- ) Australian geologist

Read more about this topic:  West Calder

Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or people:

    “Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “Many people come into company full of what they intend to say in it themselves, without the least regard to others; and thus charged up to the muzzle are resolved to let it off at any rate.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)