page_title: Tullibody
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Tullibody / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: William Burns Paterson educator and horticulturist
context_page_description: Tullibody is a town set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth near to the foot of the Ochil Hills within the Forth Valley. The town is 1.8 miles south-west of Alva, 1.8 miles north-west of Alloa and 4.0 miles east-northeast of Stirling. The town is part of the Clackmannanshire council area.
  According to a 2012 estimate the population of Tullibody is approximately 8,710 or 9,530 residents including the area of Cambus.
context_section_description: Servicemen from Tullibody and Cambus include 27 men from WW1 and 16 from WW2 whose names are recorded on the Tullibody War Memorial.
  Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby and his brother, Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KCB (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars.
  Robert Dick (January 1811 – 24 December 1866), geologist and botanist was born in Tullibody.
  William Burns Paterson (9 February 1850 – 16 March 1915) founder of Tullibody Academy and Alabama State University.
  Civil engineer Ralph Walker (1749–1824) was born in Tullibody.
caption: William Burns Paterson
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