tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post774975902520782216..comments2024-03-06T23:28:42.264-06:00Comments on The Flemish American: The Flemish Influence Upon Scotland - Two Articles by Annette Hardie-StoffelenDave Baeckelandthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05992489503574632117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-74683017893614994132016-11-27T21:38:01.046-06:002016-11-27T21:38:01.046-06:00Did Annette Hardie – Stoffelen get her information...Did Annette Hardie – Stoffelen get her information about the Crawfords from Beryl Platt's "Scottish Hazard"? If so, I'm seriously considering getting a copy. I think the Clan Crawford Clan Association needs to look into this. The historical and heraldic evidence certainly points to there being a Flemish lineage in addition to the native Gael and Anglo-Dane lineages that, according to the recent Crawford Y-DNA project, comprise House Crawford. I strongly suspect that my own branch of the clan, which is haplogroup R1b-L20, may well be of Flemish descent. Allen Crawfordhttp://allencrawford.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-47102435330940931652010-12-17T20:07:42.790-06:002010-12-17T20:07:42.790-06:00It has not been sufficiently understood that the w...It has not been sufficiently understood that the wars of the Scottish succession were intimately concerned with an insistence by the Boulonnais there that their own blood should continue on the throne. For Flemings had married Flemings and by now south and east Scotland was largely populated by men and women whose ancestors had come from Gent, Guines, Ardres, Comines, St Omer, St Pol, Hesdin, Lille, Tournai, Douai, Bethune, Boulogne. The 1290 break in the Scottish-Boulonnais succession provided the English monarchy with a heaven-sent opportunity to annul the Charlemagnic descent. Stepping in as friend and mediator, Edward I flung his armed weight behind John Baliol – a man who, although undoubtedly a Fleming, was not descended in the male line from the old comital house of the Eustaces. Nor has it been properly appreciated that the Ragman Rolls of the 1290s, by which an allegiance to Edward I had to be sworn by men described by later historians as “Scottish nobles”, were simply lists of important people of Flemish ancestry wherever they might be found; in fact many of the names are recognisable as belonging to Boulonnais.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-39689983028375504162010-12-17T20:06:11.587-06:002010-12-17T20:06:11.587-06:00James Watt (1736-1819)
Perfected Steam Engine
The ...James Watt (1736-1819)<br />Perfected Steam Engine<br />The Greenock-born genius changed our world from an agricultural society to an industrial one. He transformed steam engines into the power of the Industrial Revolution. The electrical unit is named after him.<br /><br />William Murdoch (1754-1839)<br />Invented gas lighting<br />Born in Lugar, Ayrshire, he is famous as the Scot who lit the world. His Cornwall home was the first to be lit by gas and by 1803 gas was used around Britain. Invented steam tricycle, steam cannon and waterproof paint.<br /><br /><br />James Young (1811-1883)<br />Discovered Paraffin Oil<br />Glasgow-born father of oil industry. Invented way of extracting paraffin from oil-rich shale and coal and established world's first oil-works in Bathgate. Made his fortune selling paraffin oil, wax and even fertilisers.<br /><br />Kirkpatrick MacMillan (1812-1878)<br />Invented Bicycle<br />Born near Dumfries, he developed first rear-wheel-drive bicycle in 1842. Villagers thought him mad for dreaming up the first velocipede, as it was then called. Known locally as 'Daft Pate', his invention is still used by billions.<br /><br />Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)<br />The Father of Thermodynamics<br />Went to Glasgow University when just 10. Developed the science of thermodynamics and formulated the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature, Supervised laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable and improved ship's compass.<br /><br />John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921)<br />Invented Modern Tyre<br />Born in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, he qualified as a vet at nineteen. Fed up with travelling on bumpy roads, he experimented with his son's tricycle and came up with the idea of an inflated rubber tube. Established what became Dunlop Rubber Company.<br /><br />Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)<br />Invented Telephone<br />The Edinburgh teacher of deaf children experimented with electronic devices to help them communicate. His invention was patented in 1876. His many inventions include the biplane, which made it's first public flight in the USA in 1908.<br /><br />Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)<br />Discovered penicillin<br />Born near Darvel, Ayrshire, he studied medicine in London. Developed the use of anti-typhoid vaccines and in 1928 discovered penicillin, revolutionising world medicine. He won the Nobel Prize in 1945.<br /><br />John Logie Baird (1888-1946)<br />Invented Television<br />Born in Helensburgh, he produced the first TV picture in October 1925. Sent the first images across the Atlantic in 1928. Started first TV station with broadcasts for BBC. Also involved in fibre-optics, radio direction finding and infra-red night viewing.<br /><br />George Bennie (1892-1957)<br />Discovered Monorail<br />The Glasgow man died, in obscurity, after inventing rail-plane, a high-level monorail system. The prototype, at Milngavie, was sold for scrap in 1956. Today, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Moscow and Seattle all have monorails.<br /><br />Sir Robert Watson-Watt (1893-1973)<br />Developed Radar<br />Born in Brechin, he began work as a meteorologist in 1915, using radio to detect thunderstorms for aircraft. He then drafted a report on detecting aircraft using radio methods. A chain of radar on the English coast helped the RAF win the Battle of Britain.<br /><br />Sir James Black (1924 - )<br />Invented Beta-blockers<br />Born in Uddingston, Glasgow, he developed drugs that saved millions of lives. Beta-blockers such as Propranolol and Tenormin revolutionised heart treatments. Then came ulcer tackling drugs, like Tagamet. Won the Nobel Prize in 1988. Dundee University Chancellor.<br /><br />Dr. Ian Wilmut (1944 - )<br />Invented Beta-blockers<br />In 1966 he led a team at Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, which created Dolly, the first cloned mammal. It caused a worldwide sensation. He is now leading stem-cell research into degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.<br />The petroleum industry Invented in ScotlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-47601872864135475772010-12-17T20:05:06.441-06:002010-12-17T20:05:06.441-06:00http://heritage.scotsman.com/ingenuity/List-of-eig...http://heritage.scotsman.com/ingenuity/List-of-eight-Scottish-geniuses.6332260.jp<br /><br />'Scots' of Flemish/Charlemagnic/Merovingian Descent.<br /><br />Templar Knights ( Rosslyn Chapel - Rose Cross - DaVinci Code ) <br /><br />Gave the world Light-James Bowman Lindsay, inventor of the "lightbulb" in 1837 some 40 years before Edison.<br /><br />Gave the world -Power . James Young (1811-1883)<br /><br />Discovered Paraffin Oil .Glasgow-born father of Oil Industry<br /><br />Gave the World - Communication . Invented the Telecom Industry- Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland.<br /><br />Gave the World Television - Logie Baird .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-85166131086079801042010-12-17T19:55:11.566-06:002010-12-17T19:55:11.566-06:00Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 196...Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer (he is reputed to have been the designer of Operation Mincemeat that was carried out in the Second World War). Best known for his novels about the British spy James BondAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185379563111172153.post-61982892606286908972010-12-17T19:54:23.409-06:002010-12-17T19:54:23.409-06:00Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August, 1881 – 11 March, ...Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August, 1881 – 11 March, 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mold Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.[1]<br />In 1999, Time Magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century for his discovery[2] of penicillin, and stated:<br />It was a discovery that would change the course of history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com