:this article is part of the list of scots series list of scottish engineers and scientists is a list of notable scottish scientists born in scotland or associated with scotland. 1 field of expertise: * primary, secondary (separate with comma, no "and" or "&") * or use note field: primary field=scientist, note field=astrophysics, mathematics, physician, whatever - lifespan: if a date is unknown: * 17??- (4 characters & a dash, no space between) * when date is "c. 1840": * put c. date in note field & use digits & "?" in date field - no unnecessary caps (makes copy/paste less onerous) - note field: consistency makes visual table scan easier * what 1st, role 2nd: (nephrology pioneer; foo discoverer, etc.) * nationality in parentheses --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scientist !! lifespan !! primary field !! note |- | thomas addison | 1881â1949 | physician | nephrology pioneer |- | james edward tierney aitchison | 1836-1898 | botanist | surgeon; collected plants in india and afghanistan |- | william aiton | 1731â1793 | botanist | |- |adam anderson | 1783â1846 | physicist |contributor to edinburgh encyclopÃ¦dia and encyclopÃ¦dia britannica |- | alexander anderson | 158?â162? | mathematician | c. 1582â c. 1620 |- | john anderson | 1833â1900 | zoologist and anatomist | curator of the indian museum |- | thomas anderson | 1832â1870 | botanist | director of the calcutta botanic garden |- | william arthur | 1894â1979 | mathematician | |- | john logie baird | 1888-1946 | engineer | television inventor |- | william baird | 1803-1872 | zoologist | author of the natural history of the british entomostraca |- | ken bairden | 1943â2007 | parasitologist, epidemiologist, veterinarian | |- | sir isaac bayley balfour | 1853â1922 | botanist | sherardian professor of botany |- | john hutton balfour | 1808â1884 | botanist | |- | john barclay | 1758-1826 | anatomist | donor of the barclay collection at surgeons' hall, edinburgh |- | alexander graham bell | 1847-1922 | engineer, scientist | telephone inventor |- | eric temple bell | 1883â1960 | mathematician | |- | james w. black | 1924-2010 | physician | nobel prize for medicine, 1988 |- | joseph black | 1728â1799 | scientist | carbon dioxide discoverer |- | robert blair | 1748â1828 | astronomer | inventor of the aplanatic lens |- |john boyd orr, 1st baron boyd-orr |1880-1971 |nutritionist |nobel peace prize winner |- | david brewster | 1781â1868 | scienti
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