Alexander Wilson
The father of ornithology, born in Paisley 1766 died America 1813 - with the Abbey behind him.
As you can see from the statue he clearly believed in ornithology the old way, no binoculars for him - he just shot them to study them,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wilson
the only adaptation to the image was to brighten it a little as it is so dreich just now.