George Milligan DCL DD (2 April 1860 – 25 November 1934) was a Scottish minister of the

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who served as

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in 1923. He was professor of divinity and biblical criticism at the

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Life

He was born in

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in Fife, the eldest son of Annie Mary Moir, daughter of physician and writer

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, and the renowned Rev Prof

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. The family moved to

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in his first year. He was educated at Chanonry House School in Aberdeen before going on to study Divinity at the

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, graduating with an MA in 1879. He followed this with postgraduate studies at the universities of

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and

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. He was licensed to preach as a

minister in 1886 and worked for six months as assistant in

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before being ordained as minister of St Matthew's Chapel in February 1887. During this period Milligan lived at 14 Morningside Park. In 1894 he translated to Caputh in

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. During his time there he was awarded a

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in 1904 by the

. In 1919

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awarded him a

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. From 1910 to 1932 he was Professor of Biblical Criticism at

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in succession to Rev Prof William Stewart. In 1912 he was the Croall Lecturer.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana vol.7 by Hew Scott He was Moderator of the General Assembly (the highest position in the Church of Scotland) from 1923 to 1924 and was succeeded by David Cathels.George Milligan
(note: multi-tab page). University of Glasgow He died in Glasgow on 25 November 1934.

Family

In 1891 he married Janet Rankine (''d''. 1898), daughter of Very Rev John Rankine, the minister at

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in Ayrshire, and together they had one son. After Janet's death and in 1902, he married Margaret Catherine, daughter of William Ellis Gloag, Lord Kincairney, Senator of the

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. They had one son, George Burn Milligan.

Publications

*''The English Bible: A Sketch of its History'' (1895) *''The Lord's Prayer'' (1895) *''The Theology of the Epistle to the Hebrews'' (1899) *''The Twelve Apostles'' (1904) *''Men of the Bible'' (1904) *''Selections from the Greek Papyri'' (1910) *''The New Testament Documents, their Origin, and Early History'' (1913) *''The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament'' (1914)

References

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