Unusual Aberdonians : 36 (ish) lives less ordinary in the North East of Scotland
Sanders Lia2019
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The magician who inspired Harry Houdini, a Nazi-fighting nurse and the doctor who discovered the importance of handwashing - just some of the extraordinary Aberdonians who are profiled in this book. This is a local history like you have never seen it before: intriguing, bizarre and stranger-than-fiction. Featuring more than 36 biographies of people connected to the North East of Scotland, this book guarantees you will see the history - and people - of Aberdeenshire in a whole new light.
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Author:
Sanders Lia, author
Imprint:
[Aberdeen] Lia Sanders, 2019.
Collation:
180 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes a selected bibliography.
Contents:
John Henry Anderson - - Elizabeth and Alexander Blackwell - - Thomas Blake Glover - - Walford Bodie - - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo - - George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron - - Alexander Cruden - - Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon - - Donald Dinnie - - George Findlater - - Sir Ewan Forbes - - Mary Garden - - Sheila Garvie and Brian Tevendale - - Bill Gibb - - Dr Alexander Gordon - - Jane, Duchess of Gordon - - Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon - - Dr Robert Henderson - - Professor R. V. Jones - - Dr Robert 'Robin' Daniel Lawrence - - Isabella Macduff - - Dr Alexander Macklin - - Rachel Workman MacRobert - - Sir Patrick Manson - - James Marr - - Dr Hugh Mercer - - Lorna Moon - - John 'Gentle Johnny' Ramensky - - John Reith, 1st Baron Reith - - Mary Slessor - - Alexander Stewart - - Mary Ann Sutherland aka Mrs Gordon Baillie - - David Welch - - Peter Williamson - - Mary Helen Young - - Peter Young - - Acknowledgements - - Thematic contents - - Selected bibliography - - About the author.
ISBN:
9781696591805 (pbk)
Local class:
F1920
Language:
English
BRN:
2625582