Professor of Divinity (Glasgow)
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Professor of Divinity is an academic position at the University of Glasgow.
Although
James VI's Nova Erectio, that a Chair was established, to be held by the Principal of the University of Glasgow. The last Principal to hold the Chair of Divinity was Herbert Story
, from 1898 to 1907.
In 1640, a second Chair of Divinity was established, with the holder considered the Professor of Divinity.
Note, there is also a Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism.
Professors of Divinity
- David DicksonMA (1640)
- Robert Baillie MA (1642)
- John Young MA (1653)
- Gilbert Burnet MA (1669)
- David Liddell MA (1674)
- Alexander Ross MA (1682)
- James Wemyss DD (1688)
- James Wodrow MA (1692)
- Alexander Wodrow MA (1705)
- John Simson MA (1708)
- Michael Potter MA (1740)[1]
- William Leechman MA DD (1744)
- Robert Trail MA DD (1761)
- James Baillie MA DD (1775)
- William Wight MA DD (1778)
- Robert Findlay MA DD (1782)
- Stevenson Macgill MA DD (1814)
- Alexander Hill MA DD (1840)
- John Caird MA LLD DD (1862)
- William Purdie Dickson MA LLD DD (1873)
- William Hastie MA DD (1895)
- Henry Martyn Beckwith Reid MA DD (1903)
- William Fulton MA BSc LLD DD (1927)
- John Gervase Riddell MA DD (1947)
- Ronald Gregor Smith MA ThD DD (1956)
- Allan Douglas Galloway MA BD PhD STM (1969)
- George McLeod Newlands MA BD PhD DLitt (1986-2008)
- Werner Jeanrond MA PhD (2008-2012)
- George Pattison MA BD PhD DD (2013- Present)[2]
See also
- List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
References
Citations
- ^ Chrystal, William (1903). The Kingdom of Kippen, its history and traditions. Stirling: Munro. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Staff profile: Professor George Pattison". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Sources
- Reid, Henry Martin Beckwith (1923). The divinity professors in the University of Glasgow, 1640-1903. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond
