Religious Figure
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Alexander Henderson / Religious Figures
Moderate Presbyterian clergyman influential in the defeat of Charles I.
Andrew Melville / Religious Figures
Successor to John Knox as a religious reformer.
Archibald Johnston (Lord Warriston) / Religious Figures
Anti-royalist Presbyterian, principal author of the National Covenant.
Bishop Henry Wardlaw / Religious Figures
Bishop and founder of St Andrews University.
Bishop William Turnbull / Religious Figures
Founded Scotland's second oldest university, in Glasgow.
David Beaton / Religious Figures
Cardinal who promoted closer relations between Scotland and France and persecuted Protestants.
Ebenezer Erskine / Religious Figures
Evangelical minister who founded the Secession Church.
George Wishart / Religious Figures
Religious reformer and early martyr of the Reformation.
James Sharp / Religious Figures
A Presbyterian minister and Royalist sympathiser who aided oppression of the Covenanters.
John Knox / Religious Figures
The key figure of the Scottish reformation.
John Ogilvie / Religious Figures
A martyr of the counter-Reformation.
Richard Cameron / Religious Figures
Covenanter who founded the Cameronians, a religious sect.
Saint Machar / Religious Figures
A disciple of St Columba, said to have built a church in Aberdeen.
Saint Margaret of Scotland / Religious Figures
Married Malcolm III, organised the church, introduced the English language to the Scottish court.
Saint Ninian / Religious Figures
Bishop generally recognised as being the first Christian missionary to Scotland.
Thomas Chalmers / Religious Figures
First moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
Timothy Pont / Religious Figures
The first to map Scotland in any detail, over a 13-year time-span.
William Elphinstone / Religious Figures
Founded Aberdeen University and introduced printing.
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