1838 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1838 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 13 January – William Miller, Free Church missionary and educationalist (died 1923)
- 29 January – David Gray, poet (died 1861)
- 22 February – John Joseph Jolly Kyle, chemist in Argentina (died 1922 in Buenos Aires)
- 14 March – Robert Flint, Theologian and philosopher (died 1910)
- 25 March – William Wedderburn, civil servant in India (died 1918 in England)
- 26 March – Alexander Crum Brown, organic chemist (died 1922)
- 21 April – John Muir, conservationist (died 1914 in the United States)
- 17 May – William Esson, mathematician (died 1916 in England)
- 6 June – Thomas Blake Glover, merchant (died 1911 in Japan)
- 6 July – Thomas John MacLagan, doctor and pharmacologist (died 1903)
- 7 July – Thomas Davidson, poet (died 1870)
- 22 July – John McLagan, newspaper publisher (died 1901 in Canada)
- 6 August – Walter Shirlaw, artist in the United States (died 1909 in Spain)
- 3 September – David Bowman, botanist (died 1868 in Colombia)
- 4 September – William Gibson Sloan, Plymouth Brethren evangelist (died 1914 in the Faroe Islands)
- 6 September – George Ashdown Audsley, architect, artist, illustrator, writer, decorator and pipe organ designer (died 1925 in the United States)
- 9 September – Thomas Barker, mathematician (died 1907 in England)
- 10 October – William M'Intosh, physician and marine zoologist (died 1931)
- 16 October – John Smart, landscape painter (died 1899)
- 2 November – James Dykes Campbell, merchant and writer (died 1895)
- 4 November – Andrew Martin Fairbairn, theologian (died 1912 in England)
- 18 November – William Keith, landscape painter in California (died 1911 in the United States)
- John Firth, Orcadian folklorist (died 1922)
- Alexander Mackenzie, historian, author, magazine editor and politician (died 1898)
- Samuel McGaw recipient of the Victoria Cross, during the First Ashanti Expedition (died in 1878)
- Bruce James Talbert, interior designer (died 1881 in England)
Deaths
The arts
- 31 August – scene painter David Roberts sets sail for Egypt to produce a series of drawings of the region for use as the basis for paintings and chromolithographs.
- November – Johann Strauss I and his orchestra visit Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- Alexander and John Bethune publish Tales and Sketches of the Scottish Peasantry.[12]
- Angus MacKay publishes A Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd or Highland Bagpipe Music.[13]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Wilson, Alexander. The Chartist Movement in Scotland. Manchester University Press. 1970. 071900411X.
- Web site: Chronology of Scottish History. A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. 2014-05-14.
- Web site: Steamship Curaçao. 2011-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20101224202256/http://vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html. 2010-12-24 . live.
- Web site: Where History Happened: Chartism. History Extra. BBC. 2010-05-12. 2014-07-07.
- Web site: May 21st – 21/5/1838 – Elizabeth Jeffrey – Carluke, Lanarkshire. Victorian Hangings. True Crime Library. London. 2014-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180132/http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?series_number=3&id=313. 14 July 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Book: Napier, James. The Life of Robert Napier of West Shandon. VI. Admiralty. Edinburgh. 1904. 2016-03-15.
- Web site: Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. Engineering Timelines. 2014-05-14.
- Book: Girouard, Mark. Mark Girouard. The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman. registration. Yale University Press. New Haven. 1981. 92.
- Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
- Web site: Glen Ord Scotch Whisky Distillery. ScotchWhisky.net. 2014-05-14. 14 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514182954/http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/glen_ord.htm. dead.
- Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882: A Scottish paper landscape. Christopher. Fleet. Charles W. J.. Withers. National Library of Scotland. 2014-09-05.
- Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
- Web site: Alexander Johnston. National Galleries of Scotland. 2022-09-19.