Winter Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Parish Church Kincardine On Forth Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Tulliallan and Kincardine Parish Church in Kincardine on Forth, West Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This church was constructed in 1833 the on the site of a distillery. It was built as a replacement for the former parish church. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. James Dewar was born on 20 September 1842 in Kincardine, Perthshire, now in Fife. He was the youngest of six boys of Ann Dewar and Thomas Dewar, a vintner. He was educated at Kincardine Parish School and then Dollar Academy. His parents died when he was 15. He attended the University of Edinburgh where he studied chemistry under Lyon Playfair, later Baron Playfair, becoming Playfair's personal assistant. Dewar also studied under August Kekulé at Ghent. In 1875, Dewar was elected Jacksonian professor of natural experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge in England. In 1867 Dewar described several chemical formulas for benzene, which were published in 1869. In 1869 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years. He married Helen Rose Banks in 1871. They had no children. Helen was sister in law to both Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson and James Douglas Hamilton Dickson. Dewar died on 27 March 1923 aged 80 and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in London. An urn with his ashes still resides there. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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