ADOLF Hitler and Robert the Bruce are the two most significant figures in history, according to a new survey of the Scottish public.
ADOLF Hitler and Robert the Bruce are the two most significant figures in history, according to a new survey of the Scottish public.
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Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent
The Nazi leader and Scottish king topped an online poll of the figures the public thought were most important in the teaching of history in Scottish schools.
The list of twenty figures also includes Scottish inventor James Watt, Russian leaders Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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