Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh
Abraham Lincoln Statue at Scottish-American Soldiers Memorial This evening, I am posting information on Old Calton Cemetery in Edinburgh where are buried some of Scotland’s learned and celebrated personages from the 18th and 19th centuries, viz: David Hume, Philosopher and Historian: 1776 David Allan, Historical Painter: 1796 William Woods, Actor: 1802 Daniel Stewart, founder of Daniel Stewart Hospital: 1814 Professor John Playfair, Mathematician and Philosopher: 1819 Archibald Constable, Publisher: 1829 Thomas Reid, Horologist: 1831 William Blackwood, Founder of Blackwood’s Magazine: 1834 Charles Mackay, Actor: 1857 Thomas Hamilton, R.S.A., Architect:1858 Rev. Principal Candish D.D.: 1873 Lord Gifford: 1887 James Lumsden, Scottish Vocalist: 1899 There is also a Scottish-American Soldiers Memorial with statue of Abraham Lincoln. The cemetery is in the centre of Edinburgh, off Waterloo Place and close to Calton Hill. Video clip of cemetery