On this day 24 March 1809 Reverend Mr Patrick Murray borrowed 1764 edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by Robert Adam

Added by Leighton Library at 07:19 on 24 March 2024

#OnThisDay 24 March 1809 Reverend Mr Patrick Murray, a borrower at Leighton Library, borrowed Dunblane's historic Leighton Library's 1764 edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by renowned Scottish architect, furniture and interior designer, Robert Adam. R...

Lieutenant-General William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, Baron Drummond of Cromlix, and Commander of the Forces in Scotland, friend of Robert Leighton, was the architect of the Leighton Library

Added by Leighton Library at 07:09 on 23 March 2024

#OnThisDay, 23 March 1688 the death occurred of Lieutenant-General William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, Baron Drummond of Cromlix, and Commander of the Forces in Scotland. He was a friend of Robert Leighton, and was the architect of the Leighton Library. During its construction he came as oft...

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...