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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.
The Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) is a research centre based in New College, the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.Founded in 1984 by Duncan B. Forrester, CTPI promotes Christian theological reflection and research on important public issues. [1]
In 2011, the quality of his teaching was recognised by a University-wide Teaching Award from the Edinburgh University Students’ Association. [19] He teaches on courses at the Aberdeen Academy of Theology, and at events of the Centre for Ministry Studies in Aberdeen, of which he is an associate. [20]
1690 Hugh Kennedie (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church) 1692 and 1697 William Crichton (Edinburgh: Tron Church) 1694 John Law (Edinburgh: High Church) 1695 Patrick Simson (Renfrew) 1698 and 1703 George Meldrum (Edinburgh: Tron Church and Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh) 1699 George Hamilton (Edinburgh: High Church) 1700 David Blair (Edinburgh ...
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 ...
Holloway was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997) and holds honorary degrees from the universities of Strathclyde (1994), Aberdeen (1997), Napier (2000), Glasgow (2002) and St Andrews (2017). He was professor of divinity at Gresham College in the City of London.