Scottish personalities

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 August 2,

1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and
innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical
telephone. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life,
including
groundbreaking
work
in
optical
telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888,
Alexander Graham Bell became one of the founding
members of the National Geographic Society. During his life,
Bell received dozens of major awards, medals and other
tributes. These included statuary monuments to both him and
the new form of communication his telephone created,
notably the Bell Telephone Memorial erected in his honor in
Brantford, Ontario's Alexander Graham Bell Gardens in
1917.
Adam Smith (5 June 1723 17 July 1790) was a
Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political
economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish
Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral
Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the
Wealth of Nations. The latter, usually abbreviated as The
Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the
first modern work of economics. Adam Smith is widely cited
as the father of modern economics. He published a large
body of works throughout his life, some of which have
shaped the field of economics - A Treatise on Public
Opulence, Essays on Philosophical Subjects, Lectures on
Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms, Lectures on Rhetoric
and Belles Lettres.
James Watt (19 January 1736 19 August 1819) was
a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the
steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the
Industrial Revolution. James Watt's improvements
transformed the Newcomen engine, which had hardly
changed for fifty years and initiated changes in generating
and applying power, which transformed the world of work
and were a key innovation of the Industrial Revolution. The
importance of the invention can hardly be overstated - it gave
us the modern world.