Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Andrew Ramsay, fully Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall, 1st Baronet

Scottish Privy Counsellor, was the first Lord Provost of Edinburgh and a Judge of the Court of Session

"Beauty that is only skin deep must fade like the gowans of May."

"Never reason from what you do not know. If you do, you will soon believe what is utterly against reason."