Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to and trip to Kinnesswood, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann eas ciad, in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Kinnesswood was a village of crofters and weavers in the 18th and 19th centuries with the associated run-rig and commonty system of agriculture. During the 1830s Kinnesswood became the site of one of the earliest gas works in Scotland, built by John Birrell the village entrepreneur. During the 18th and 19th centuries until 1888, The manufacture of parchment and vellum was carried by the Birrell family in Kinnesswood and then for 20 years it was dominated by William 'Skin' More. The manufacture of parchment and vellum was an art probably developed by the monks of St Serfs Island on Loch Leven. In 1537 the industry was in the hands of Robert Thomson of Kinnesswood'and by the late 17th century there were several manufacturers . Alexander Buchan was born on 11 April 1829 in Kinnesswood on the north side of Loch Leven, the son of Alexander Buchan, a weaver, and Margaret Day Hill. He was educated at the Free Church College in Edinburgh and at Edinburgh University. He was Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society for 47 years. From 1860 until his death he was the editor of the Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society and he was also a member of the Council of the Meteorological Office as well as the curator of the library of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was instrumental in establishing the Ben Nevis observatory. Buchan prepared meteorological and oceanographic reports for the Challenger Expedition. In 1870 he was elected President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. He was then living at 72 Northumberland Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town. Buchan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1868 and became its Curator in 1878 and served until 1906. He was also their Vice President from 1906 to 1907. He received the Makdougall-Brisbane prize in 1876 and the Gunning Victoria Jubilee prize in 1893 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1898 in England. He was the first recipient of the Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1902. Buchan died at home, 2 Dean Terrace in Stockbridge, Edinburgh on 13 May 1907 and is buried in Warriston Cemetery on the north side of the city. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September @tourscotland
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