Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Preface. Dedication. Introduction. Royal Licence to Practice. Biographies in Context. Farm to Factory. Muscular Christianity and Nationalism. Modern Athens. Edwin's City. Second City. The Foundations. In the Beginning a Letter. From Letter to Charter. Connections, Connections, Connections. Requisitioning Glasgow Accountants. City of Granite. Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. Aitken, Robert. Anderson, William. Auld, William. Baillie, John Menzies. Balfour, Robert. Barron, John. Barstow, Charles Murray. Black, Alexander. Borthwick, Archibald. Borthwick, James. Brand, Alexander. Brodie, John Alison. Brown, James. Brown, James Adam. Buchanan, Thomas Gray. Cairns, Charles. Callender, Henry. Carter, Frederick Hayne. Chaplin, Thomas Robertson. Christie, Robert, Sr. Christie, Robert, Jr. Cormack, David. Cowan, William. Crombie, John. Cunningham, Charles. Cuthbertson, Allan. Cuthbertson, Donald. Dickie, Henry David. Dickson, James Jobson. Dickson, Thomas Goldie . Douglas, Christopher Home. Dreghorn, David. Dundas, George. Esson, George Auldjo. Finlay, Gilbert Laurie. Fleming, John. Fletcher, Robert. Foulds, John Christie. Fraser, John. Fraser, John Charles. Gairdner, Charles. Gibson, Archibald. Gordon, Richard. Gourlay, James. Graham, John. Grant, Thomas. Grieve, John. Guild, James Wyllie. Hamilton, Dundas. Hendrie, William . Horne, Archibald. Howden, James. Hunter, John. Ivory, Holmes. Jamieson, Alexander. Jamieson, George Auldjo. Jamieson, William. Kerr, Henry. Leck, Henry. Leslie, John Grant. Liddle, James Mack . Lindsay, Donald. Low, William. Lunan, William . MacAndrew, James MacLean. McClelland, James. McCowan, Robert. McCubbin, David. MacEwan, Andrew. MacFarlane, George. MacGeorge, John. Mackenzie, John. Mackenzie, Kenneth. Mackenzie, Walter. McKirdy, John Lachlan. Maclagan, David. MacLean, William. MacNaughtan, William. McNicoll, Archibald. Maitland, John. Mann, John . Mansfield, Thomas. Marquis, George. Marshall, David. Martin, Thomas. Meldrum, George. Meston, James. Miller, John. Milne, William . Mitchell, George Thomson. Mitchell, Moncrieff. Moinet, John . Moncreiff, William. Moncrieff, John Scott. Morison, Peter. Murray, David. Murray, George. Murray, John Adamson. Myrtle, William. Niven, Alexander Thomas. Ogilvie, James. Ogilvy, John Spence. Outram, David Edmund. Paterson, Andrew Murray. Pearson, Charles. Peddie, Donald Smith . Raleigh, Samuel. Ramsay, George. Reid, John Christie. Ritchie, Alexander. Robertson, Alexander Weir. Robson, George. Russell, William. Scobie, Robert. Scott, Ralph Erskine. Scott, Thomas. Sinclair, James Augustus. Smith, James Graham. Smith, John. Smith, William . Souter-Robertson, David. Spottiswoode, Robert. Steele, William. Thomson, Charles William Wodrow. Thomson, James. Thomson, William Thomas. Todd, George. Tolmie, William . Watson, Henry George. Watson, James. Watson, James. White, Peter. Wilkie, James. Wilkie, James. Wink, George. Wood, William. Woodside, Archibald. Wyllie, Alexander. Evaluating the Founders. Bibliography. Index.