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New College is situated on The Mound in the north of Edinburgh's Old Town. New College originally opened its doors in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and since 1935 has been the home of the School of Divinity (formerly the Faculty of Divinity) of the University of Edinburgh. [3]
He was born on 19 May 1707 in Cramond manse, the fourth son of Very Rev William Hamilton (1669–1732), Principal of the University of Edinburgh and minister of Cramond Kirk. His mother was Mary Robertson (1675–1760). He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.
In April 2021, he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, one of the oldest professorships of the University of Cambridge. [5] Fergusson is a Fellow of the British Academy (elected 2013), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was an associate director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues.
In 1808 he translated to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and in 1809 he additionally took on the role of Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He lived nearby at 5 Argyll Square (now demolished). [3] He also preached at St Giles Cathedral. In 1810 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, painting by John Henry Lorimer, 1891 Alexander Webster, minister of the Tolbooth Kirk in St. Giles, Edinburgh and moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1753, was responsible for providing the first reliable estimate of Scotland's population in modern times. Based on returns from parish ministers ...
He gained a D.Litt. on the theory of religion from Edinburgh University in 1928 [3] which formed the basis of a book published in the same year. [4] He was a professor at Edinburgh University from 1934 to 1959, serving as principal of New College and dean of the Faculty of Divinity from 1950 to 1956.
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