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Robert Leighton: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1611 • near London • England
Died June 25, 1684 (aged 73) • London • England

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Robert Leighton, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1870), edited by Robert Chambers.
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Daniel MacMillan
Scottish publisher
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Scottish army commander
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Archibald Campbell, 1st marquess and 8th earl of Argyll
Scottish politician [1607?–1661]
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Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
Scottish clergyman
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Alexander Monro, tertius
Scottish physician, anatomist, and educator
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Robert Adamson
Scottish photographer
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Ian Bannen
Scottish actor
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Tommy Burns
Scottish association football player and manager
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David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
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William Primrose
Scottish violist
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Eduardo Paolozzi
British artist
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Alexander MacMillan
Scottish publisher
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William Maclure
American geologist
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Ian Maclaren
Scottish author
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Tony Blair
Tony Blair
prime minister of United Kingdom
Nicola Sturgeon, wearing a purple blazer, speaks with a hand gesture at the Scottish Parliament. A man in a suit, slightly out of focus, sits in the background.
Nicola Sturgeon
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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