Alan Cameron Watson (16 March 1900 – 15 January 1976) was a New Zealand-Australian Presbyterian minister.
Watson was born in
Feilding, New Zealand and educated at the
University of Otago. He was ordained to the ministry of the
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand in 1925 and served in
Dunedin,
East Taieri
East Taieri is a small township, located between Mosgiel and Allanton in New Zealand's Otago region. It lies on State Highway 1 en route between the city of Dunedin and its airport at Momona. It lies close to the southeastern edge of the Taieri ...
, and
Christchurch. In 1942 he emigrated to Australia and became minister of
Toorak Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. He served as
Moderator of the
Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1953-54 and Moderator General of the
Presbyterian Church of Australia
The Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. (The larger Uniting Church in Australia incorporated about two-thirds of the PCA in 1977.)
History
Beginnings
When captain James Cook lande ...
from 1959 to 1962.
Watson received an
honorary doctorate from
Lewis and Clark College in 1954, and was made a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III.
...
in the
1968 New Year Honours
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.
References
1900 births
1976 deaths
People from Feilding
University of Otago alumni
New Zealand Presbyterian ministers
Australian Presbyterian ministers
Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
20th-century Australian Presbyterian ministers
20th-century New Zealand Presbyterian ministers
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