Who's Who in Scotland is an annual biographical dictionary

Biographical dictionary

Biographical dictionaries – a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information – have been written in many languages. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country...

, published since 1986 by Carrick Media. It features short biographies of about 5,000 notable Scots

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Who's Who in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 includes leading figures in politics, law

Scots law

Scots law is the legal system of Scotland. It is considered a hybrid or mixed legal system as it traces its roots to a number of different historical sources. With English law and Northern Irish law it forms the legal system of the United Kingdom; it shares with the two other systems some...

, the churches

Religion in Scotland

Christianity is the largest religion in Scotland. At the 2001 census 65% of the Scottish population was Christian. The Church of Scotland, often known as The Kirk, is recognised in law as the national church of Scotland. It is not an established church and is independent of state control. However,...

, education, business and finance, the civil service

Scottish Executive

The Scottish Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and the term Scottish Executive remains its legal name under the Scotland Act 1998...

 and local government, science and medicine, the arts and sport.

Entries contain full name, address, date and place of birth, details of family, education, career, publications and recreations.

See also

• Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen
• Book of Eminent Scotsmen
• Chamber's Biographical Dictionary
  Chamber's Biographical Dictionary
  Chambers Biographical Dictionary was first published in 1897.The centenary edition was edited by Melanie Parry and the revised edition was edited by J O Thorne and T C Collocott....
  
  
• The Scottish Nation
• Great Men of Scotland
• Lives of Illustrious Scotsmen
• Scots Worthies
• Scottish Biographical Dictionary
• Scottish Biographies
• Who Was Who in Edwardian Scotland
• Who's Who
  Who's Who
  Who's Who is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people...
  
   (disambiguation page)
• Dictionary of National Biography
  Dictionary of National Biography
  The Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
  
  

External links

• Who's Who in the Scottish Government