through heart attack. First to propose use of life saving electrical de-fibrilators. His work laid the frame work for the development of the pace maker. Laura Main, actress, best known for playing Sister Bernadette/Shelagh Turner in the BBC's Call the Midwife James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS (1831 – 1879), Chair of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen from 1856 to 1860. Formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation. Robert Morison (1620 – 1683), a Scottish botanist and taxonomist. He elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants. Gained his Master of Arts from the University of Aberdeen at the age of eighteen. For ten years Director of Louis XIV's royal gardens at Blois, France, then physician, botanist & superintendent of all royal gardens for Charles II of Scotland. Alberto Morrocco OBE FRSA FRSE RSW RP RGI LLD (1917 – 1998), Scottish artist and teacher famous for his landscapes of Scotland and abroad. Andy Nisbet (1953 – 2019), a Scottish mountaineer, guide, climbing instructor, and editor of climbing guidebooks. A pioneer of mixed rock and ice climbing techniques over 45 years. Developed over 1,000 new winter climbing routes in Scotland. Ara Paiaya, film producer and director of Skin Traffik, Instant Death and Purge of Kingdoms. Robbie Renwick, swimmer, 1x 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist. Professor Sir C. Duncan Rice, historian, former principal of the University of Aberdeen. Lawson Robertson (1883 – 1951), born in Aberdeen, competed for the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, winning the bronze medal in the standing high jump. Head coach of U.S. track team at 4 successive Olympic games, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936. Archibald Simpson, architect, one of Aberdeen's major architects. John Smith, architect, Aberdeen's other major architect and official City Architect Nicol Stephen, former Scottish Liberal Democrats leader, former Deputy First Minister of Scotland John Strachan, first Anglican Bishop of Toronto. Annie Wallace, actress in Hollyoaks. Ron Yeats, former football player, captain of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s, also played for the Scottish national football team. Aberdeen in popular culture Stuart MacBride's crime novels Cold Granite, Dying Light, Broken Skin, Flesh House, Blind Eye and Dark Blood (a series with main protagonist, DS Logan McRae) are all set in Aberdeen. A large part of the plot of the World War II thriller Eye of the Needle by Welsh author, Ken Follett, takes place in wartime