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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.
This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff, and university officials of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with the University of Edinburgh.
Gerard was born in Aberdeen on 12 August 1760, son of Jane (d. 1818), the eldest daughter of Dr John Wight of Colnae and the Very Rev Alexander Gerard. [2] He studied at King's College, Aberdeen graduating with an MA in 1777, going on to study divinity at the University of Edinburgh.
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]
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 ...
He then studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh graduating BA in 1854 with an MA in 1856. He was licensed to preach as a minister of the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Ayr later in August 1856 and began assisting at New Kilpatrick Church. In 1858 he translated to the prestigious St George's Church on Charlotte Square in
The huge monument at Robert Rainy's grave, Dean Cemetery. He was born on New Year's Day 1826 at 28 Montrose Street [2] in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Dr. Harry Rainy LLD (1792–1876) a surgeon who later served as Professor of Forensic Medicine in the University of Glasgow, and his wife Barbara Gordon (1793–1854). [3]