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From Sir Walter Scott in 1832 to Tam Dalyell in 2017, this selection of ā€˜Scotlandā€s finestā€ from the obituary columns of The Times includes some of the worldā€s most notable writers, scientists, soldiers, explorers, philosophers and artists. Here, in over 100 obituaries, figures as diverse as Sir David Livingstone, Robert Louis Stevenson, Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Sir Matt Busby and Robin Cook are judged by their contemporaries in articles that illustrate the social, cultural and political history of Scotland.
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Magnus Linklater is a commentator, columnist, and former Scotland editor of The Times. He was editor of The Scotsman from January 1988 until July 1994. He was educated at Belhaven Hill School, Dunbar, and Eton College and went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before taking up a career in journalism, working on the Daily Express, the Evening Standard, and The Sunday Times, before moving to The Observer, where he became managing editor (news). He was appointed editor of the London Daily News in 1986, then moved to The Scotsman, which he edited for six and a half years, before joining The Times. Mr Linklater is the author of several books on current affairs and Scottish history.
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