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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 ...
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 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.
Neil Campbell (Scottish Gaelic: Niall Caimbeul) (died c. 1613 or 1627) was the son of Alexander, son of the parson [MacPherson] ("Alasdair mac a' Phearsain"), a member of the Campbells of Carnassarie. [1] He is probably the Nigellus Campbell who graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1575 as Master of Arts. [1]
General Assembly meetings are usually held in the Assembly Hall on the Mound, Edinburgh. This was originally built for the Free Church in the 19th century. Before this, from 1845 to 1929, the General Assembly had met in the Victoria Hall (the Highland Tolbooth Kirk) at the top of the Royal Mile, a purpose-built meeting hall and
Neil Campbell (minister) (1678–1761), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; Robert Neil Campbell (1854–1928), a Scottish physician, known as Sir Neil Campbell; Neil Campbell (politician) (1880–1960), Australian politician, Tasmanian Leader of the Opposition from 1945 to 1950
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. He is also an author of popular history books and historical fiction.
In 1757, he served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [7] In 1759 he went to Bristol in ill-health and drank the waters at Clifton . In 1761 he was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in place of Rev Neil Campbell , but for a time continued to lecture.