The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Courier Country people listed in famous book
New entries for the latest edition of tome are revealed
The Queen’s Dundee-born Aide de Camp, an opera-singing Perth-born politician and two St Andrews University professors are among the 930 people making their first appearance in the 2017 edition of the world-famous Who’s Who reference book, which is published today.
The books contains potted biographies of 33,000 of some of the most famous, influential and talented people in the world.
New entrants include the Dundeeborn General Sir Gordon Messenger.
Also making the cut is the Perth-born Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alexander Stewart and fellow Conservative politician Maurice Golden, who was born in Dundee.
Everyone in Who’s Who is invited to compile their own entry, so it can be as long or as short as personalities wish.
In the 1997 edition of Who’s Who, the late romantic novelist Dame Barbara Cartland required 222 lines or nearly a whole page to list her mostly literary achievements.
The new entries from the Courier Country area are comparatively brief and modest.
Alexander Stewart explains his life and lists his achievements in just 12 lines, while Maurice Golden sums up his life in just eight lines – it would have been seven had he not included his business and email details.
However, Professor John Hudson, of St Andrews University, requires 17 lines to fully detail his life and career, which is three lines more than the 14 line entry of US President Barack Obama, but three fewer than the 20 line entry of Pope Benedict XVI.
Also making her first appearance is former News At Ten newsreader and Courier columnist Fiona Armstrong who turned 60 last Monday.
Her husband, Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, 57, is 24th Chief of Clan Gregor.
The couple reside in Newtyle, Angus.