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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.
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]
Robert S. Candlish. 9 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh Robert Smith Candlish (23 March 1806 – 19 October 1873) was a Scottish minister who was a leading figure in the Disruption of 1843 . [ 1 ] He served for many years in both St. George's Church and St George's Free Church on Charlotte Square in Edinburgh's New Town .
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.
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 ...
His mother died a few days after his birth. He was christened on 10 August, a week after her death, and was then apparently sent to live with his mother's family in Alloa where he was then raised. [1] Robertson studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh and was licensed to preach in the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Chirnside in ...
Abercorn Church, West Lothian. He was born on 12 June 1765, and was the only son of Mary Cree, daughter of Hugh Cree, of Saline, Fife. His father was Rev. George Meiklejohn, who was later a minister in the Carolinas in America. [2] Hugh studied divinity at the University of Glasgow.
On his father's death, in 1795, Gerard succeeded him in the Chair of Divinity, and in 1811 he added to his professorship the second charge in the collegiate church of Old Machar in north Aberdeen. He was a King's Chaplain, and was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1803. He became second charge minister of ...