Duncan Cameron (Scottish inventor)

Duncan Cameron (12 October 1825 – 19 February 1901) was a Scottish businessman, owner of The Oban Times newspaper and the inventor of the "Waverley" pen-nib.

[1] Duncan Cameron joined the firm in 1850, and in 1865 received a patent for the "Waverley" nib for the company.

[5] The house contains numerous odd details, such as the stair banisters being in the form of pens and the chimney pots being based on pen-nibs.

Duncan Cameron married Mary Brown Small on 25 June 1858 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

[9] The inscription at the base of the cross reads: This Monument Is Erected to the Memory OfWaverley Arthur CameronOf The Oban TimesDrowned on the 4th of June 1891By The Foundering of a Sailing Boat Off This Spot"To Thee The Love of Woman Hath Gone Down:Dark Flow Thy Tides O'er Manhood's Noble Head.O'er Youth's Bright Locks And Beauty's Flowery Crown.Yet Must Thou Hear A Voice: Restore The Dead:-Earth Shall Reclaim Her Precious Things From TheeRestore, Restore The Dead, Thou Sea"Erected By His Sorrowing FatherRobert Blair, a Scottish minister at Cambuslang, Scotland, was Cameron's son-in-law.