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"Erskine, Ralph". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 755– 756. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Fraser, Donald (1834). The life and diary of the Reverend Ralph Erskine, A.M., of Dunfermline, one of the founders of the secession church. Edinburgh: William ...
Ebenezer Erskine (22 June 1680 – 2 June 1754) was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church (formed by dissenters from the Church of Scotland). Early life [ edit ]
Erskine also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1982 [6] In 1984, with his wife he established the Ruth and Ralph Erskine Nordic Foundation, endowed by proceeds from the Wolf Prize in Arts, which he was awarded that year. Beginning in 1988, the foundation has awarded a bi-annual prize of US$10,000 and a medal designed ...
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Ralph Erskine Hudson (July 9, 1843 – June 14, 1901) was an American composer and hymnwriter. He is best remembered for his hymn "My Life, My Love, I Give to Thee" and his addition of a refrain and composition of a new tune for the Isaac Watts hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed".
Ralph Erskine (architect) (1914–2005), British-Swedish architect Ralph Erskine (historian) (1930–2021), Northern Ireland government lawyer and historian of wartime codebreaking Ralph Erskine (minister) (1685–1752), Scottish clergyman
Ralph Erskine studied law at Queen's University Belfast and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in February 1962. [2] He never practised law, instead taking a post as a government lawyer initially with the Home Office and from 1957 until 1992 with the Northern Ireland government where he was responsible for drafting legislation for Northern Ireland. [2]
Erskine was born at Dryburgh, in the parish of Mertoun, Berwickshire, one of the younger sons of Ralph Erskine of Shielfield, a cadet of the family of the Earl of Mar. Henry was brought up under the ministry of Mr. Simpson, minister of Dryburgh. [1] Erskine's first charge was at Cornhill-on-Tweed, in Northumberland.