In 1856 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray was born.
Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Around 1935. Memorial to poet Robert Fergusson, 1726-1750, sculpted by James Pittendrigh Macgillivray [aged 79].
He died from an injury sustained in a mysterious accident. His headstone in Canongate Kirkyard was designed and paid for by Robert Burns, who also wrote the epitaph that it bears.
On 29th April 1938 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray [aged 82] died.