John Urquhart Cameron
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John Urquhart Cameron | |
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| Born | 10 June 1943 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | journalist, scientist and churchman |
| Language | English |
| Spouse | Jill Cameron, née Sjoberg (1970–present) |
John Urquhart Cameron (born 1943) is an academic and social reformer and a former parish minister of the
Biography
Cameron was born in Dundee, Scotland. He is the eldest son of Alexander Cameron, a miner who went up from the West-Central coalfields to the University of Glasgow to study divinity during the depression. His father, serving as an army padre throughout World War II, returned to the coalfields as the parish minister of Slamannan where he was for many years a Labour Party councillor in local government in Stirlingshire. His maternal grandfather, Hugh Urquhart, was a leading Scottish railway engineer in the early decades of the 20th century.
He was educated at Falkirk High School and at Pomona College in California, the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. He holds a PhD in both physics and theology.
During his time in California he attended lectures given at
Cameron was an athlete and selected for the Scottish international athletics team while at school, and later gained one of the first American sports scholarships awarded to a Scottish runner. He played golf, playing for the University of St Andrews in the 1960s and the University of Edinburgh in the 1970s before becoming a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Following his time with
His family includes journalist James Cameron who wrote articles for The Courier, The Scotsman, The Good Ski Guide, The Good Holiday Magazine and The Scottish Review, he was also a senior chaplain for many years in the Royal Naval Reserve and later padre to the Black Watch
He is known as a social reformer among the Scottish clergy and has collaborated with the Very Rev Professor
He joined Torrance and
References
- ^ Intemperate words by Michael Alexander in The Courier 7 March 2012.
- ^ Abortion time limit debated in General Assembly by Gordon Dean in the Scotsman 25 May 1988.
- ^ Call for hard drug legalisation by Jonathon Petre, Daily Telegraph, 28 May 1980.
- ^ US Drug Prohibition Methods Condemned by Christopher Reekie in the Scotsman 23 May 1993.
- ^ Jeans, Chris. The Case of the Lockerbie Bomber. Al Jazeere documentary, June 2011.
- Scottish Who's Who. edited by Martin Frost.
- Legalise assisted suicide, Kirk minister says. by Melanie Read in The Times, published 25 November 2009.
- Gay clergy discrimination absolutely illegal: Rev John Cameron. by David Lord in the Courier, published 29 April 2011.
- [Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ. XI. Edinburgh: T&T Clark Ltd. 2000. ISBN 0-567-08750-6]