Archibald Hamilton Charteris
Archibald Hamilton Charteris (13 December 1835 – 24 April 1908) was a Scottish theologian, a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, professor of biblical criticism at the University of Edinburgh and a leading voice in Church reforms. He is credited as being the father of the Church of Scotland Guild, Woman's Guild and founder of Life and Work (magazine), "Life and Work" magazine. Life He was born in Wamphray,Obituary of Matthew Charteris, BMJ, July 1897 Dumfriesshire, the eldest son of John Charteris (1803Formatting correction.1871), the parish schoolmasterLife and Work, May 1908, obituary and his wife, Jean Hamilton (1809-1886), daughter of Archibald Hamilton a farmer at Broomhills. Charteris studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh graduating MA in 1854 and then did postgraduate studies in both Tubingen University, Tubingen and Bonn University in Germany. In 1858 he was ordained a parish minister of St Quivox in Ayrshire in place of Rev Stair Par ...
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