Paisley
Paisley ( schott Gael. Pàislig ) is a town in the Scottish Lowlands. It is located about 11.1 kilometers west of Glasgow. Paisley is the administrative center of the unitary authority Renfrewshire. In the city of 74 170 inhabitants ( 2001). This Paisley is the fifth largest city in Scotland.
Paisley is a university town. The University of the West of Scotland was formed in 1992 out of the Paisley College and was until 2007 the name of the University of Paisley. Since August 2007, the University of Paisley and Bell College are combined and performed in December 2007 under the name University of the West of Scotland. Thus study now over 18,000 students on the whole university.
Became known, the city, not least by one named after her paisley pattern for textiles.
In addition, Paisley is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley.
Paisley is twinned with Fürth in Bavaria.
Between 1793 and 1918, Paisley location of the distillery Saucel, which was one of the largest of its kind in Scotland.
Sons and daughters of the town
- William Wallace (c. 1270-1305 ), Scottish freedom fighter
- Marjorie Bruce (1296-1316), daughter of the Scottish king Robert I and his first wife, Isabella of Mar
- Robert II (1316-1390), King of Scotland
- Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), American ornithologist, illustrator and writer
- Alexander Gardner (1821-1882), American photographer of the 19th century
- William Hart (1823-1894), American painter
- William Sharp (1855-1905), Scottish writer
- Jimmy Kinnon (1911-1985), founder of Narcotics Anonymous
- Archie Scott -Brown (1927-1958), racing driver
- Kenneth McKellar (1927-2010), British tenor singer
- Tom Conti ( born 1941 ), British actor
- Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011), British singer and songwriter
- Archie Gemmill ( born 1947 ), Scottish football player
- Joe Egan ( b. 1949 ), British singer and songwriter
- Phyllis Logan ( born 1956 ), British actress
- Kelly Marie ( born 1957 ), British singer
- Momus ( b. 1960 ), musician and Photo Blogger
- Steven Moffat ( born 1961 ), British screenwriter
- Owen Coyle (born 1966 ), Scottish football player
- Rankin (actually: John Rankin Waddell ), ( born 1966 ), portrait and fashion photographer
- George Adam (born 1969 ), Scottish politician
- Gerard Butler (born 1969 ), Scottish actor
- Paul McGillion (born 1969 ), Canadian actor
- Brian O'Neil (born 1972 ), Scottish football player
- Steven McGarry ( born 1979 ), Scottish football player
- Paolo Nutini (* 1987), British singer and musician