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Scottish
Contribution To Mankind
"
Off all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient
Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind. "
The
quote above is from a speech given by Winston Churchill. Was
his statement accurate ? Well, it is not as "daft"
as it sounds since the wee country of Scotland has produced
an incredible array of deep thinkers, great writers/poets, innovative
scientists, engineers, pioneers, explorers, missionaries and
physicians.
Scots
in North America
Scots
have played a major part in the development of North America.
Sixty-one percent of US Presidents have had Scottish origins.
Nine of the thirteen governors of the newly created United States
of America were Scots.
So many important Americans and Canadians have had Scottish
ancestry that it would be well nigh impossible to cover them
all on this web page. Here's a few:
Lt.
Governor Robert Dinwiddie
Rev.
John Witherspoon
James
Wilson
John
Paul Jones
Andrew
Carnegie
Allan
Pinkerton
John
Muir
Sir
Alexander Mackenzie
The
Right Honourable Alexander Mackenzie
William
Lyon Mackenzie
Donald
Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona
Sir
Sanford Fleming
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