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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 20 February 1843 in Inverness the son of the civil engineer, Joseph Mitchell [2] and educated at Inverness Academy and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He studied divinity at Edinburgh and Cambridge University. He was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister at Kirkmichael in August 1868.
Edinburgh Theological Seminary, formerly known as the Free Church College, is a theological seminary in Edinburgh connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It traces its origins back to the foundation of New College, Edinburgh at the time of the Disruption of 1843 . [ 1 ]
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 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.
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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 ...
Established professorships at the University of Edinburgh. The title of the professorship is followed by the date of foundation. Dates in italics indicate the year of foundation of lectureships on which chairs were based. As of November 2024, the list appears incomplete. Chair of Divinity (1620)