When Scottish Nationalist Dr. John MacCormick, Glasgow’s new rector (TIME, Oct. 30), stood up to make his acceptance speech in St. Andrew’s Halls, he was greeted with a shower of overripe ...

Neil MacCormick was born on 27 May 1941 to John MacCormick and Margaret Miller. He sometimes reflected on the date of his birth: …although I don’t remember it myself, my mother on several occasions ...