Adam Fergusson 1723-1816 Enlightened
Born at Logierait. A major 'Enlightenment' figure. Originally a military chaplain to the Black Watch regiment, then a librarian at the Advocates' Library (by this time a copyright library, entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain) and tutor to an aristocratic family, he became professor of natural philosophy (approximately equivalent to physics) at Edinburgh University, then professor there of moral philosophy.