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Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) [citation needed] is a Scottish television presenter and author. [ 2 ] He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including A History of Scotland , Vikings and Coast .
Moderators-designate are nominated in the October of the previous year; a formal vote is taken at start of the General Assembly in May, then the new moderator takes the chair. They holds office for one year; their final act is to formally open the following year's General Assembly and preside over the formal election of a successor.
Neil Davidson (9 October 1957 — 3 May 2020) was a left-wing Scottish intellectual and activist, best known for his work in Marxist history and the modern history of Scotland. In 2003, his book Discovering the Scottish Revolution was awarded the Saltire Society 's Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award and the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial ...
The Church of Scotland General Assembly usually meets for a week of intensive deliberation once a year in May. Ministers, elders and deacons are eligible to be "Commissioners" to the General Assembly. Typically a parish minister would attend the Assembly once every four years, accompanied by an elder from that congregation.
Neil Campbell (1678 - 1761) was a Scottish minister, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at the start of the Original Secession and Principal of Glasgow University during a flourishing period of the Scottish Enlightenment.
A speaker is elected at the beginning of every parliamentary term and has no term limits. Upon being elected, it is by convention that they disaffiliate themselves with any political parties. [ 2 ] As the speaker remains a member of parliament (MP) for their constituency, there is a gentlemen's agreement between major political parties to not ...
The RNC has not yet released a detailed schedule of speakers but the convention has historically provided a moment for leading party figures and up-and-coming Republican lawmakers to get valuable ...
Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson, HonFRSE (/ n iː l / NEEL; born 18 April 1964) [1] is a British-American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.