Trinity College, Glasgow
Type | Theological college | |||||||||||||||
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Established | 1856 | |||||||||||||||
Religious affiliation | Church of Scotland | |||||||||||||||
Principal | Doug Gay | |||||||||||||||
Location | , 55°52′19″N 4°17′17″W / 55.872°N 4.288°W | |||||||||||||||
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Affiliations | Faculty of Divinity, University of Glasgow | |||||||||||||||
Website | Trinity College |
Trinity College, Glasgow, Scotland, is the Church of Scotland's College at the University of Glasgow. It provides special supervision of candidates for the ministry through a Principal (appointed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) and a College Council. The college is the official channel of liaison between the University of Glasgow, the Church of Scotland, and the United Free Church of Scotland.
The current principal is Doug Gay.
History
The
The Glasgow College, funded by local subscription, was established in 1856. It was a multi-disciplinary institution of considerable reputation, existing outside the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Divinity. In 1872 Thomas Martin Lindsay was appointed Professor of church history, and he became principal of the college in 1902.[1]
Later, in 1930, following the reunion of the churches and theological teaching facilities, the Glasgow Church college was renamed "Trinity College". After the reunion of the main Scottish
On 2 November 2006, Trinity College celebrated its 150th anniversary with a gathering of some 250 alumni and friends.[2] Its 155th anniversary celebrations took place on 4 November 2011.
Notable faculty
Teachers in the pre-1930 College included
Archives
The archives of Trinity College are maintained by the University of Glasgow Archives Services.
Further reading
- Stewart Mechie, Trinity College Glasgow 1856–1956, London & Glasgow, 1956.
- W. Ian P Hazlett (ed.), Traditions of Theology in Glasgow 1450–1990, Edinburgh, 1993.
- D. Wright, "Trinity College Glasgow", in Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology, Edinburgh, 1991.
References
- Oxford Dictionary of Biography(Oxford University Press, 2007)
- ^ trinitycollege150[permanent dead link] at divinity.gla.ac.uk