Tour Scotland Photograph Thomas Graham Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Graham statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Graham, born 1805, died 1869, was a brilliant experimental Scottish chemist, who pioneered laboratory based chemical education at Glasgow University. His studies on the diffusions of gases resulted in Graham's Law and his discovery of dialysis is still used in many medical facilities today. Graham founded the Chemical Society of London, England, in 1841 and was the last person to hold the position of Master of the Mint. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Robert Burns Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robert Burns Statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland's national poet born 1759, died 1796. The statue was by George Edwin Ewing, born in Birmingham, England, on 8 July 1828, the son of the Sculptor, Artist James Ewing and Ann Stow, he was the older brother of the sculptor James Alexander Ewing. His childhood was spent in Edinburgh, where he lived with his family at 26 Bread Street, aged 13, in 1841. He and his family later moved to Glasgow, where they lived at 1 Antigua Street, whilst George and his wife, Sarah, lived at 3 Antigua Street, in 1851. He worked in Liverpool and London, where he gained experience working in the modelling room of Covent Garden Theatre, before establishing a successful practice in Glasgow, in 1859. Ewing's most important commission in Glasgow was for the statue of Robert Burns, George Square, his only public statue in bronze, which was later completed with three bronze panels illustrating scenes from Burns' poems, by his brother, J A Ewing. Joined by his brother James in 1875, they lived and worked together at various addresses in the city before George moved to the USA in 1879, for health reasons. He worked in New York and Philadelphia but failed to achieve financial success there and became impoverished. He died suddenly at the Brevoort Hotel, New York, whilst working on medallion portraits of Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. He was found dead in bed on the morning of 26th April 1884, with his room full of gas from a light jet that had been left on. His funeral took place at St Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Hudson Street, New York, on 29 April, and his remains were afterwards buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Flowers Queen's Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of flowers on the Queen's Bridge over the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Queen's Bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in October 1960, to replace the Victoria Bridge. In order to keep the crossing open during construction, the steel framework of the old bridge was jacked up 6 feet while the new bridge was built beneath it.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Board Water Skiing River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Board Water Skiing in the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Chandeliers Band Southern Fried Music Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Chandeliers Band at the Southern Fried Festival on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This wonderful band are from Aberdeen.

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