Epigraph
I have seen wreathes of snow in hot July
Pierced by the iris green.
For so the dazzling sands of Arisaig
Deceive the unwary traveller with their sheen
Helen B. Cruikshank
1|7|1790 William Roy (1726-90), Scottish major-general, map-maker and antiquary, dies. Ref: 0701.01(LS)
1|7|1913 David Toulmin, Aberdeenshire novelist, is born. Ref: 0701.02(LS)
1|7|1955 Candia McWilliam, novelist, is born, Edinburgh Ref: 0701.03(LS)
2|7|1768 Dugald Buchanan (1716-68), the Gaelic poet, dies. Ref: 0702.01(LS)
2|7|1884 Deacon Brodie by W.E.Henley and R.L. Stevenson first produced in London at the Prince’s Theatre Ref: 0702.02(LS)
3|7|1847 Arthur Hugh Clough, the poet tipped to succeed Wordsworth, was at Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness where he was inspired to write his epic poem The Bothy of Tobar-na-Voirlich Ref: 0703.01(LS)
3|7|1857 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), the American novelist, serving as American consul in Liverpool, visits Inversnaid, Loch Lomond. Ref: 0703.02(LS)
4|7|1841 Charles Dickens, novelist, visits the Trossachs. It rains. Ref: 0704.01(LS)
5|7|1767 Michael Bruce, the Kinross-shire nature poet, dies. Ref: 0705.01(LS)
6|7|1851 David Macbeth Moir, probable author of the Canadian Boat Song, dies. Ref: 0706.01(LS)
6|7|1928 John Selby Watson (1804-84), the son of humble Scottish parents, and successful author of many books, including a Life of William Wallace, dies in Parkhurst Prison. He has been convicted for the murder of his wife in 1871. Ref: 0706.02(LS)
6|7|1930 The Anatomist by James Bridie first produced at the Lyric Theatre, Edinburgh. Ref: 0706.03(LS)
6|7|1932 Kenneth Grahame, Edinburgh-born author of The Wind in the Willows, dies. Ref: 0706.04(LS)
7|7|1791 Thomas Blacklock, the blind poet, and friend of Burns, dies. Ref: 0707.01(LS)
7|7|1814 Waverley first published. Ref: 0707.02(LS)
7|7|1930 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dies. Ref: 0707.03(LS)
7|7|1930 Hamish MacInnes, author and mountaineer, is born. Ref: 0707.04(LS)
8|7|1931 Jack Webster, Scottish journalist and biographer, is born, Maud, Aberdeenshire. Ref: 0708.01(LS)
8|7|1938 Tessa Ransford, poet, is born in India. She will become Director of the Scottish Poetry Centre, Edinburgh. Ref: 0708.02(LS)
9|7|1775 ‘Monk’ Lewis, the Gothic novelist, is born. He will meet Walter Scott whom he will encourages to become a poet. Ref: 0709.01(LS)
9|7|1871 Alexander Keith Johnston, geographer in ordinary to the Queen at Edinburgh, dies. Ref: 0709.02(LS)
10|7|1802 Robert Chambers, author and publisher, is born, Peebles Ref: 0710.01(LS)
11|7|1754 Thomas Bowdler, alumnus of both St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities, and sanitiser of Shakespeare, born. Ref: 0711.01(LS)
12|7|1548 Alexander Scott, poet, appointed as organist at Priory of Inchmahome. Ref: 0712.01(LS)
12|7|1838 John Jamieson, lexicographer, dies Ref: 0712.02(LS)
12|7|1912 Fred Urquhart, novelist, is born. Ref: 0712.03(LS)
13|7|1873 Anthony Trollope at Divach Lodge working on The Way We Live Now Ref: 0713.01(LS)
13|7|1903 Kenneth Clark, Art Historian, scion of a family of Paisley cotton manufacturers, born Ref: 0713.02(LS)
14|7|1597 Alexander Montgomerie, author of The Cherry and the Slae, officially outlawed for his part in a Catholic plot which involved seizing Ailsa Craig Ref: 0714.01(LS)
14|7|1801 Jane Welsh Carlyle, distinguished letter-writer born, Haddington Ref: 0714.02(LS)
15|7|1914 Gavin Maxwell, entrepreneur, naturalist and author born, Elrig. Ref: 0715.01(LS)
15|7!1919 [Jean] Iris Murdoch, DBE, is born. Her novels will include The Italian Girl (1964) which has scenes set in the policies of Guisachan Lodge, Inverness-shire. Ref: 0715.02(LS)
16|7|1892 John MacGregor (1825-92), author of 1000 Miles in a Rob Roy Canoe, dies. Ref: 0716.01(LS)
17|7|1790 Death of Adam Smith, economist and author Ref: 0717.01(LS)
17|7|1827 James Millar, the miscellaneous writer who first proposed a tunnel under the Firth of Forth, dies. Ref: 0717.01(LS)
18|7|1819 Barthélemy Faujas de Saint Fond, the French geologist who lovingly described Scotland, dies. Ref: 0718.01(LS)
19|7|1896 Archibald Joseph Cronin, novelist, born at Renton in the parish of Cardross, Dumbartonshire. He will practise medicine, but make his fortune by writing novels like The Citadel. Ref: 0719.01(LS)
19|7|1922 Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister, on his way to the Trossachs, relates, in Forward, that he had somewhat abruptly said to a fellow passenger: “Don’t trouble me about Parliament just now, I am thinking of heaven.” Ref: 0719.02
20|7|1789 Samuel Rogers, the English banker-poet, dined in Edinburgh with Adam Smith, the economist, and Henry MacKenzie, the novelist. Ref: 0720.01(LS)
20|7|1879 Dougal Graham (c1724-79), Stirling-born chapman and poet, dies Ref: 0720.02(LS)
20|7|1747 Andrew Lang dies, Banchory, but is buried in his beloved St Andrews. Ref: 0720.03(LS)
21|7|1796 Robert Burns dies, Dumfries. Ref: 0721.01(LS)
21|7|1827 Archibald Constable, publisher, dies Ref: 0721.01(LS)
21|7|1918 Maurice Lindsay, poet, born Ref: 0721.01(LS)
22|7|1513 Gavin Douglas completed his Aenead. Ref: 0722.01(LS)
22|7|1773 Robert Fergusson‘s Leith Races published in The Weekly Magazine Ref: 0722.02(LS)
22|7|1893 John Muir (1838-1914), naturalist and author, closely associated with the establishment of the USA’s first National Parks, left Stirling and went to Callander, thence to Inversnaid via the Trossachs. Ref: 0722.03
23|7|1800 Lady Sarah Murray (Aust), intrepid traveller and author, sailed from Oban to Ardtornish Ref: 0723.01(LS)
23|7|1816 Elizabeth Hamilton (1858-1816), Belfast-born novelist who resided near Stirling and in Midlothian, dies. Ref: 0723.02(LS)
24|7|1825 John Eddowes Bowman, the author and naturalist, and his friend Dovaston travelled from Killin to the Trossachs. Ref: 0724.01(LS)
25|7|1394 James I, monarch and poet, probably born on this St James Day Ref: 0725.01(LS)
25|7|1745 Alexander MacDonald, famous Gaelic poet, boarded the Doutelle in Uist to greet Prince Charlie Ref: 0725.02(LS)
25|7|1951 Robert Seton Watson, historian of the Balkans, dies, Isle of Skye Ref: 0725.03(LS)
26|7|1745 Henry MacKenzie, the novelist of the ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ known as ‘The Man of Feeling’ born, Edinburgh Ref: 0726.01(LS)
26|7|1915 Sir James Augustus Murray, Denholm-born distinguished editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, dies. Ref: 0726.02(LS)
27|7|1777 Thomas Campbell, poet, born at 215 High Street, Glasgow. Ref: 0727.01(LS)
27!7|1873 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) arrives at Veitches Hotel, Edinburgh. There he forms a lifelong friendship with Dr. John Brown, author of Rab and his Friends. Ref: 0727.02(LS)
28|7|1838 John Ruskin, author and critic, first visited Loch Katrine. Ref: 0728.01(LS)
28|7|1809 John Stuart Blackie, poet and Professor of Greek born in Glasgow Ref: 0728.02(LS)
28|7|1866 Beatrix Potter, who got her inspiration for her stories for children beside the River Tay, is born Ref: 0728.03(LS)
29|7|1814 Walter Scott set sail from Leith on his voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht Pharos Ref: 0729.01(LS)
30|7|1819 John Campbell Shairp, poet and critic, is born at Houston, West Lothian. He will become Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Ref: 0730.01(LS)
31|7|1786 Publication of Kilmarnock Edition of Robert Burns’ Poems Ref: 0731.01(LS)
31|7|1909 Mary Lutyens, biographer of the Ruskins and the Grays, born Ref: 0731.02(LS)
31|7|1992 William Reaper (1959-92), biographer of the novelist George MacDonald (1987), dies in the Himalayas. Ref: 0731.03(LS)
Louis Stott Database: 65 entries Updated: 280998
