Former keeper of Leighton Library was renowned meteorologist credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of modern weather forecasting

Added by Leighton Library at 06:57 on 23 March 2024

As 23 March is #WorldMeteorologicalDay #MeteorologicalDay #MeteorologicalDay2024, did you know that a former keeper of the Leighton Library, Dr Alexander Buchan (1829-1907), was a Scottish meteorologist, oceanographer and botanist credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of modern wea...

Leighton Library has a 1566 edition of "Historiae Theodorici de Niem, scribae quondam pontificij" by medieval historian Dietrich of Nieheim

Added by Leighton Library at 07:01 on 22 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1566 edition of "Historiae Theodorici de Niem, scribae quondam pontificij" by medieval historian Dietrich of Nieheim who died #OnThisDay, 22 March, 1418. As a notary or abbreviator to papal courts he wrote about events in which he had been involved or of wh...

Leighton Library has a first edition of "Rob Stene's Dream: a poem" written in Scots, published in 1836 from a manuscript from 1591-1592 in Dunblane's Leighton Library

Added by Leighton Library at 11:42 on 21 March 2024

It's #WorldPoetryDay #PoetryDay today, 21 March. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a first edition of "Rob Stene's Dream: a poem" written in Scots, published in 1836 from a manuscript from 1591-1592 in Dunblane's Leighton Library. The Royal Lion of the poem is King James VI of Scotland. It ma...

Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake"

Added by Leighton Library at 23:06 on 20 March 2024

It's #WorldStorytellingDay #StorytellingDay today, 20 March. Dunblane's Historic Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake" (which helped make The Trossachs a top tourist destination).

Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett

Added by Leighton Library at 07:30 on 19 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett who was born #OnThisDay, 19 March, 1721. He was best known for his novels, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens & George Orwel...