Local historian Robin Sharp will deliver a Carnegie Lecture entitled The George Lauder Legacy: Dunfermline's Unsung Hero.

The uncle of Andrew Carnegie, George Lauder, was one of the most influential people in his upbringing. Carnegie  credited Lauder with instilling in him a lifelong love of many great Scottish heroes such as William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Walter Scott and Robert Burns.

George Lauder left an educational legacy, creating Lauder Technical School in Dunfermline, and also engaged in a lifelong campaign to provide a vital fresh water supply from the Ochil Hills to improve the health of the people of Dunfermline. George Lauder successfully achieved this, and his engineering expertise resulted in a scheme that still provides Dunfermline with water to this day.

Robin attended Boroughmuir School and Napier University before setting up a home in the village of Crossford, Fife with his wife Anne in 1972. 

They have a family of two boys and five lively grandchildren.
Robin spent over 35 years working for Hewlett Packard in various roles from engineering, marketing and sales,  and he is now happily retired but still keen to contribute to his local community.

In retirement, Robin has developed strong interests in the local history and heritage of his village and Dunfermline town. Currently, he is the secretary for the Gellet Society, a local history and heritage group which meets monthly in Charlestown, Fife. His latest venture is helping to establish a Men’s Shed in Dunfermline's Pittencrieff Park.