1888 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1888 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 3 January – James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (died 1951)
- 13 February – Andrew Dewar Gibb, lawyer and Scottish National Party politician (died 1974)
- 8 March – John Nicholson, footballer (died 1970 in England)
- 19 April – Walter Elliot, Unionist politician (died 1958)
- 6 June – Scottie Wilson, né Louis Freeman, artist (died 1972 in England)
- 7 June – Hilda Matheson, pioneering radio talks producer, born in London (died 1940 in England)
- 7 July – Edith Hughes, née Burnet, architect (died 1971)
- 14 August – John Logie Baird, engineer and inventor (died 1946)[5]
- 5 September – Jack Miles, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia (died 1969 in Australia)
- 7 October – Cecil Coles, composer (killed in action 1918)
- Approximate date – Alexander MacRae, clothing manufacturer (died 1938 in Australia)
Deaths
Art
J. M. Barrie's Auld Licht Idylls is published.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Land Struggle 2: Aignish. The Croft. 2008-06-27. 2014-05-18.
- Book: Kinghorn, Jonathon. Glasgow's International Exhibition, 1888. Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries. 1988. 978-0-902752-36-8.
- Book: Kermack, W. R.. 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh. Johnston. 1944. 90.
- News: The Opening of Greenock Stock Exchange. Glasgow Herald. 1888-09-25. 3.
- Web site: John Logie Baird (1888–1946). BBC. 2013-06-02.