Allan Ramsay

Allan Ramsay may refer to:

  • Allan M. Ramsay, professor of computer science
  • Allan Ramsay (poet) (1686–1758), also known as Allan Ramsay the Elder, Scottish poet
  • Allan Ramsay (artist) (1713–1784), also known as Allan Ramsay the Younger, Scottish portrait painter
  • Allan Ramsay (portrait painter born 1959), painter

Famous quotes containing the words allan and/or ramsay:

    There the traveler meets, aghast,
    Sheeted memories of the past—
    Shrouded forms that start and sigh
    As they pass the wanderer by—
    White-robed forms of friends long given,
    In agony, to the earth—and heaven.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    The source of Pyrrhonism comes from failing to distinguish between a demonstration, a proof and a probability. A demonstration supposes that the contradictory idea is impossible; a proof of fact is where all the reasons lead to belief, without there being any pretext for doubt; a probability is where the reasons for belief are stronger than those for doubting.
    —Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743)