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Scottish and educated
" This particular line of criticism also misses the obvious parallels that existed between the story's background ( England conquered by the Normans in 1066, when they killed Saxon King Harold at Hastings, about 130 years previously ) and the prevailing situation in Scott's native Scotland ( Scotland's union with England in 1707 – about the same length of time had elapsed before Scott's writing and the resurgence in his time of Scottish nationalism evidenced by the cult of Robert Burns, the famous poet who deliberately chose to work in Scots vernacular though he was an educated man and spoke modern English eloquently ).
She was educated alongside her sister, Princess Elizabeth, by their Scottish governess Marion Crawford.
The differences in pronunciation of Iranian and Afghan Persian can be considerable, on par with Scottish and Cockney English, although educated speakers generally have no difficulty understanding each other ( except in the use of certain lexical items or idiomatic expressions ).
A staunch supporter of Scottish independence, he was a member of the S. N. P .. Born in Glasgow to Donegal parents, he was raised at Glencar in Letterkenny and was educated at St. Eunan's College.
From the early 19th century, however, Scots or Scottish increasingly became the preferred usages among educated Scottish people, Scotch being regarded as an anglicised affectation.
James Mark Baldwin ( January 12, 1861, Columbia, South Carolina – November 8, 1934, Paris ) was an American philosopher and psychologist who was educated at Princeton under the supervision of Scottish philosopher James McCosh and who was one of the founders of the Department of Psychology at the university.
Both the English king and St-Calais did all in their power to support Malcolm's sons, who had been educated in England, in their attempts to secure the Scottish throne.
He was educated at the Scottish School of Librarianship, and worked as a librarian before he started his studies in Hull.
Conti was educated Hamilton Crescent School an independent fee-paying Catholic boys ' ( at that time ) school in Glasgow, and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
John Veitch ( October 24, 1829 – September 3, 1894 ), Scottish poet, philosopher, and historian, son of a Peninsular War veteran, was born at Peebles, and educated at Edinburgh University.
Driver was brought up in Barbados and was educated at Bedales and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art .. Driver has Italian, Irish, Scottish and French ancestry.
He was admitted to the Scottish bar in December 1794, but, having abandoned the Tory principles in which he had been educated, he found that his Whig politics hampered his legal prospects.
John Swinburne ( born July 4, 1930 in Pennsylvania, but educated at Dalziel High School, Motherwell ) is the founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party ( SSCUP ) and was that party's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament from 2003 until 2007.
Whitehills contains a Gaelic Medium Unit where pupils are educated exclusively through the medium of Scottish Gaelic.
Of Scots-Irish descent, he was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he was greatly influenced by Scottish Enlightenment philosophy.
Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School.
William Archer ( 23 September 1856 – 27 December 1924 ), Scottish critic, was born in Perth, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he received the degree of M. A.
Clarke was born in Coatbridge and was educated at All Saints Primary School in Airdrie and Columba High School in Coatbridge, followed by the Scottish College of Commerce in Glasgow.
Nigel Griffiths was educated at Hawick High School on Buccleuch Road in Hawick in the Scottish Borders before attending the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded an MA in 1977.
Born in Edinburgh, the daughter of a Scottish doctor father and Danish mother, Anne McIntosh was educated at the Harrogate Ladies College in North Yorkshire and at the University of Edinburgh where she was a law graduate in 1977, gaining an LLB.
* Derick Thomson, Scottish Gaelic poet, born elsewhere in Lewis, but educated in Stornoway
Born in India to Scottish parents, Milne was educated at Winchester College in the county town of Winchester in Hampshire, followed by New College at the University of Oxford.

Scottish and Andrew
* 1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer ( d. 1622 )
* 1948 – Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach ( b. 1870 )
In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.
The cross of Saint Andrew is a reminder of the ministry of each person and the importance of evangelism, and recalls the denomination's Scottish Presbyterian ancestry.
Despite victories at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill, in the face of tough Scottish resistance led by Sir Andrew Murray, the son of Wallace's comrade in arms, successive attempts to secure Balliol on the throne failed.
* Scottish History in 33 Chapters by Andrew Lang
Nothing is known about his teachings, and there is no unchallenged authority for information about his life, although it is accepted that Christianity originally reached Ireland from Scotland, from which Saint Columba hailed, making Ninian the grandfather of Christianity in Scotland and more important figure in Scottish ecclesiastical history-and arguably a far better candidate for Patron Saint than Saint Andrew.
This was one of several rebellions taking place across Scotland, including those of several Scottish nobles and Andrew Moray in the north.
** Andrew Brown, Scottish soccer coach ( b. 1870 )
* November 25 – Andrew Harper, Scottish – Australian biblical scholar and teacher ( b. 1844 )
** Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall, Scottish judge and politician ( d. 1688 )
* November 27 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer ( b. 1719 )
* September 11 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: The Scottish armies of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat the English.
* September – Andrew Moray, Scottish resistance leader
** Andrew Moray, joint commander of the Scottish army in the Battle of Stirling Bridge
* August 1 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer ( d. 1622 )
* August 2 – Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader ( b. c. 1466 )
** Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian ( d. 1420 )
** Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish chronicler ( b. 1350 )
** Sir Andrew Murray, Scottish soldier ( d. 1338 )
The First War of Scottish Independence can be loosely divided into four phases: the initial English invasion and success in 1296 ; the campaigns led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and various Scottish Guardians from 1297 until John Comyn negotiated for the general Scottish submission in February 1304 ; the renewed campaigns led by Robert the Bruce following his killing of The Red Comyn in Dumfries in 1306 to his and the Scottish victory at Bannockburn in 1314 ; and a final phase of Scottish diplomatic initiatives and military campaigns in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England from 1314 until the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

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