Events from the year 1909 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 16 January â Ellen King, Olympic swimmer (died 1994 in England)
- 20 January â Olive Fraser, poet (died 1977)
- 21 January â James Hoy, Labour Member of Parliament for Leith 1945-1970 (died 1976)
- 6 February â Seán Rafferty, poet (died 1993 in England)
- 9 February â Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, historian and paleographer (died 2002)
- 23 February â Lavinia Derwent (real name Elizabeth Dodd), author and broadcaster (died 1989)
- 24 February â Ethel MacDonald, anarchist and publisher (died 1958)
- 6 March â Vagaland (real name Thomas Alexander Robertson), Shetland dialect poet (died 1973)
- 14 March â William Montgomery Watt, historian and Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic studies (died 2006)
- 19 March â Marjorie Linklater, campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (died 1997)
- 27 April â Muriel C. Bradbrook, literary scholar and authority on Shakespeare (died 1993 in Cambridge)
- 9 May â Robert Garioch, Scots language poet (died 1981)
- 26 May â Matt Busby, football manager (died 1994)
- 5 June â Marion Crawford, Scottish educator and governess to Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II (died 1988)
- 19 June â William Grant, Lord Grant, Unionist MP, Solicitor General, Lord Advocate, and Lord Justice Clerk (died 1972)
- 5 September â Archie Jackson, Australian international cricketer (died 1933 in Australia)
- 23 November â Nigel Tranter, historical writer (died 2000)
- 2 December â Helen Douglas Adam, poet, writer and dramatist (died 1993 in the United States)
- Helena Gloag, actress (died 1973)
Deaths
The Arts
See also
Notes
References