Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Orcadians are the native population of the Orkney islands.Historically, they are descended from the Picts, Norse and Scots. Jim Baikie British comics artist, who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz William Balfour Baikie (1825–1864), explorer and naturalist George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), poet, author, playwright Mary Brunton (1778–1818), author of Self-Control, Discipline and other novels Dr David Clouston (1871-1948), author and agriculturalist Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944), author and historian Thomas Clouston (1840–1915), psychiatrist, Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum James Copland (1791 – 1870), physician and prolific medical writer Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976), artist William Towrie Cutt (1898–1981), author Walter Traill Dennison (1826–1894), Orcadian folklorist Kris Drever, folk singer and guitarist Magnus Erlendsson (Saint Magnus) (c.1070-c.1117), Earl of Orkney c.1105-1117 Matthew Forster Heddle (1828–1897), mineralogist, author of The Mineralogy of Scotland Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), author of the History of Scotland from the Union of the Crowns to the Union of the Kingdoms Samuel Laing (1780–1868), author of A Residence in Norway, and translator of the Heimskringla, the Icelandic chronicle of the kings of Norway Samuel Laing (1812–1897), chairman of the London, Brighton & South Coast railway, and introducer of the system of \"parliamentary\" trains with fares of one penny a mile. Kristin Linklater, born 1946, voice teacher, actor, director and author Magnus Linklater (b. 1942), journalist, son of Eric Linklater John D Mackay (b. 1909), headmaster and Orkney patriot Ernest Marwick (1915- 1977), writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history Murdoch McKenzie (d.1797), hydrographer F. Marian McNeill (1885-1973) folklorist, best known for writing The Silver Bough Edwin Muir (1887–1959), author and poet Dr. John Rae (1813–1893), Arctic explorer Robert Rendall (1898–1967), poet, and amateur naturalist Rognvald Kali Kolsson (Saint Rognvald) (c.1103-1158), Earl of Orkney 1136-1158 Julyan Sinclair, television presenter Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862), professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University and editor of the 8th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica Cameron Stout (b. 1971) winner of Big Brother in 2003, brother of Julyan Sinclair James Wallace (fl. 1684–1724), physician and botanist William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist Thomas Webster (1772–1844), geologist and architect The Wrigley Sisters Jennifer and Hazel, international folk duo↑ ↑"@en }
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- Orcadians abstract "Orcadians are the native population of the Orkney islands.Historically, they are descended from the Picts, Norse and Scots. Jim Baikie British comics artist, who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz William Balfour Baikie (1825–1864), explorer and naturalist George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), poet, author, playwright Mary Brunton (1778–1818), author of Self-Control, Discipline and other novels Dr David Clouston (1871-1948), author and agriculturalist Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944), author and historian Thomas Clouston (1840–1915), psychiatrist, Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum James Copland (1791 – 1870), physician and prolific medical writer Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976), artist William Towrie Cutt (1898–1981), author Walter Traill Dennison (1826–1894), Orcadian folklorist Kris Drever, folk singer and guitarist Magnus Erlendsson (Saint Magnus) (c.1070-c.1117), Earl of Orkney c.1105-1117 Matthew Forster Heddle (1828–1897), mineralogist, author of The Mineralogy of Scotland Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), author of the History of Scotland from the Union of the Crowns to the Union of the Kingdoms Samuel Laing (1780–1868), author of A Residence in Norway, and translator of the Heimskringla, the Icelandic chronicle of the kings of Norway Samuel Laing (1812–1897), chairman of the London, Brighton & South Coast railway, and introducer of the system of \"parliamentary\" trains with fares of one penny a mile. Kristin Linklater, born 1946, voice teacher, actor, director and author Magnus Linklater (b. 1942), journalist, son of Eric Linklater John D Mackay (b. 1909), headmaster and Orkney patriot Ernest Marwick (1915- 1977), writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history Murdoch McKenzie (d.1797), hydrographer F. Marian McNeill (1885-1973) folklorist, best known for writing The Silver Bough Edwin Muir (1887–1959), author and poet Dr. John Rae (1813–1893), Arctic explorer Robert Rendall (1898–1967), poet, and amateur naturalist Rognvald Kali Kolsson (Saint Rognvald) (c.1103-1158), Earl of Orkney 1136-1158 Julyan Sinclair, television presenter Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862), professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University and editor of the 8th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica Cameron Stout (b. 1971) winner of Big Brother in 2003, brother of Julyan Sinclair James Wallace (fl. 1684–1724), physician and botanist William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist Thomas Webster (1772–1844), geologist and architect The Wrigley Sisters Jennifer and Hazel, international folk duo↑ ↑".