 scottish scientists scottish scientists barsha ven 8102021 950 scotland is home to many scientists from telephone and television to penicillin and radar many other innovations originated in scotland scottish scientists have achieved significant advances during the past 300 years or more john logie baird  john logie baird was a scottish engineer who was the first to broadcast images of moving things he developed televised things in outline transmitted identifiable human features in1925 and showed the televising of moving objects in 1926 at the royal institution london after receiving his education at larchfield academy the royal technical college and the university of glasgow alexander graham bell alexander graham was born on march 3 1847 in edinburgh scotland this scottishborn american inventor physicist and deaf educator is known for his invention of the first telephone in 1876 and the refinement of the phonograph in 1886 joseph black joseph black a british chemist and physicist are most known for rediscovering carbon dioxide developing the idea of latent heat and discovering the bicarbonates both the university of edinburgh and the university of glasgow have chemistry buildings named after him  james croll in the nineteenth century croll devised a climate change hypothesis response to differences in the earth s orbit despite the fact that croll s study was widely debated his idea was widely dismissed in the late twentieth century the essential principles underpinning his theory were further refined and milankovitch cycles were born george forbes george forbes contributed to carbon filament and arc light manufacturing he additionally experimented with employing carbon as a collector for moving electrical equipment which led to carbon becoming the universal option in power generation even now robert angus smith robert angus smith was born on february 15 1817 and died on may 12 1884 he was born in glasgow s south side neighborhood of pollokshaws smith looked at a wide range of environmental challenges such as air pollution in1852 his groundbreaking study resulted in the discovery of acid rain he further defined three forms of acid rain that may be seen in the suburbs countryside and cities ctr wilson ctr wilson full name charles thomson rees wilson was born on february 14 1869 glencorse midlothian scotland this scottish scientist won the nobel prize in physics in 1927 alongside arthur h compton for inventing the wilson cloud chamber which was extensively adopted in the research of radioactivity cosmic rays x rays as well as other nuclear phenomena  john logie baird  john logie baird was a scottish engineer who was the first to broadcast images of moving things he developed televised things in outline transmitted identifiable human features in1925 and showed the televising of moving objects in 1926 at the royal institution london after receiving his education at larchfield academy the royal technical college and the university of glasgow alexander graham bell alexander graham was born on march 3 1847 in edinburgh scotland this scottishborn american inventor physicist and deaf educator is known for his invention of the first telephone in 1876 and the refinement of the phonograph in 1886 joseph black joseph black a british chemist and physicist are most known for rediscovering carbon dioxide developing the idea of latent heat and discovering the bicarbonates both the university of edinburgh and the university of glasgow have chemistry buildings named after him  james croll in the nineteenth century croll devised a climate change hypothesis response to differences in the earth s orbit despite the fact that croll s study was widely debated his idea was widely dismissed in the late twentieth century the essential principles underpinning his theory were further refined and milankovitch cycles were born george forbes george forbes contributed to carbon filament and arc light manufacturing he additionally experimented with employing carbon as a collector for moving electrical equipment which led to carbon becoming the universal option in power generation even now robert angus smith robert angus smith was born on february 15 1817 and died on may 12 1884 he was born in glasgow s south side neighborhood of pollokshaws smith looked at a wide range of environmental challenges such as air pollution in1852 his groundbreaking study resulted in the discovery of acid rain he further defined three forms of acid rain that may be seen in the suburbs countryside and cities ctr wilson ctr wilson full name charles thomson rees wilson was born on february 14 1869 glencorse midlothian scotland this scottish scientist won the nobel prize in physics in 1927 alongside arthur h compton for inventing the wilson cloud chamber which was extensively adopted in the research of radioactivity cosmic rays x rays as well as other nuclear phenomena  