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Walter Biggar Blaikie
Walter Biggar Blaikie FRSE DL LLD (23 November 1847 in Pilrig, Edinburgh – 3 May 1928) was a Scottish civil engineer, printer, historian and astronomer.
Life.
Second of the seven recorded sons of Margaret Catherine Biggar and William Garden Blaikie, minister of Pilrig Free Church, Walter Biggar Blaikie was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh.
He worked as a civil engineer with the Department for Public Works in India from 1870 until 1873, but after the birth of their
Edinburgh, against the central north-facing retaining wall.
Blaikie was a temperance reformer, and raised money for the relief of the Waldensian churches. He welcomed Dwight L. Moody to Scotland, and the evangelist made his headquarters with him during his first visit.
Family.
He was married to Margaret Catherine Biggar (1823–1915) from Banff. They had many children.
Their children included Walter Biggar Blaikie, engineer, printer and astronomer, and Robert Henry Blaikie (1857-1933), a surgeon.