The Professorship of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the

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was founded in 1861. The patron was formerly the Crown (i.e. a

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). Since 1935, the University Court, acting on the recommendation of a Board of Nomination consisting of representatives of the University Court and of the

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, appoints the Professor.

(Regius) Professors of Divinity and Biblical Criticism

William Purdie Dickson William Purdie Dickson DD LLD (1823–1901) was a Scottish minister and theologian. He was Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow from 1873 to 1895. The William Dickson Prize is named in his honour. Early life William Purdie Dicks ...

MA LLD DD (1863) * William Stuart MA LLD DD (1873) *

George Milligan George Milligan may refer to: * George Milligan (physician) (?-1799), American surgeon *George Milligan (moderator) (1860–1934), Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland * George Milligan (politician) (born 1934), American politician in the ...

MA DCL DD (1910) * George Hogarth Carnaby MacGregor MA DLitt DD (1933) *

William Barclay William Barclay may refer to: *William Barclay (jurist) (1546–1608), Scottish jurist *William Barclay (writer) (c. 1570–c. 1630), Scottish writer *William Barclay (painter) (1797–1859), English miniature painter *William Barclay (theologian) ...

CBE MA BD DD (1963) * Ernest Best MA BD PhD DD (1974-1982) * John Riches MA (1991)

(Regius) Professors of Divinity and Biblical Criticism

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