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Robert Hamilton FRSE (19 May 1707 – 3 April 1787) was Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He served twice as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland [1] and was also a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [2]
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 awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Aberdeen (2014). He was installed as a personal chaplain to the Queen in November 2015 [ 9 ] and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to education, the arts, and the Church of Scotland. [ 10 ]
He studied at Edinburgh University graduating around 1688. [1] He was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in September 1694 at Cramond Kirk. [2] In 1709 he left Cramond to be Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University. He was also Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on five occasions: 1712, 1716, 1720, 1727 and ...
The New College Missionary Society had undertaken home mission work in deprived areas of Edinburgh since 1845, settling in the former buildings of Pleasance Free Church in 1876. In 1893, a tenement for resident student workers was added to the mission premises, establishing the mission as part of the growing settlement movement.
Bishop of Edinburgh Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Church: Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese: Edinburgh: In office: 1986–2000: Predecessor: Alastair Haggart: Successor: Brian Smith: Other post(s) Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1992–2000) Gresham Professor of Divinity (1997–2002) Orders; Ordination: 1960 by Francis ...
St James's Goldenacre is a Scottish Episcopal church in the Goldenacre area of Edinburgh. It was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and opened in 1888. [ 1 ] It is a Category B listed building [ 2 ] and is noted for its interior decoration, including work by distinguished artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ewan Aitken (born in 1962, Paisley [1]) is a minister of the Church of Scotland.In May 2014 he became the chief executive officer of the Edinburgh Cyrenians. [2] Previously, he was the Secretary of the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council between 2008 and 2014.