Tour Scotland Photograph Margaret Ogilvie Gravestone Gask

Tour Scotland photograph of the Margaret Ogilvie gravestone in the Parish Churchyard in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Robert Monteath, Blacksmith in Gask, in memory of Margaret Ogilvie, his affectionate wife who died October 5th, 1840, aged 80.

Famous Ogilvies from Scotland include:

Dame Maria Matilda Gordon, née Ogilvie, born 30 April 1864, died 24 June 1939, known as May Ogilvie Gordon, was an eminent Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. She was the first women to be awarded a Doctor of Science from University of London, England, and the first woman to be awarded a PhD from the University of Munich. She was also a supporter and campaigner for the rights and equality of children and women. She was born in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire in 1864, the eldest daughter of Maria Matilda Nichol and Reverend Alexander Ogilvie, headmaster of Robert Gordons College. She had five brothers and two sisters. Her eldest brother, Francis Grant Ogilvie, was also a scientist and director of the London Science Museum.

Lawrence Ogilvie, born 5 July 1898, died 16 April 1980, was a Scottish plant pathologist. He was born in Rosehearty in the north of Aberdeenshire. His father, the Reverend William Paton Ogilvie was the minister of the Presbyterian church there.



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