Professor of Divinity is an academic position at the
University of Glasgow
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divinity
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James VI
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's ''Nova Erectio'', that a Chair was established, to be held by the
Principal of the University of Glasgow
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. The last Principal to hold the Chair of Divinity was
Herbert Story, from 1898 to 1907.
In 1640, a second Chair of Divinity was established, with the holder considered ''the'' Professor of Divinity.
Note, there is also a
Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism.
Professors of Divinity
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David Dickson MA (1640)
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Robert Baillie
Robert Baillie (30 April 16021662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters. MA (1642)
* John Young MA (1653)
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Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, ...
MA (1669)
* David Liddell MA (1674)
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Alexander Ross MA (1682)
* James Wemyss DD (1688)
* James Wodrow MA (1692)
* Alexander Wodrow MA (1705)
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John Simson
John Simson (1667–1740) was a Scottish "New Licht" theologian, involved in a long investigation of alleged heresy. He was suspended from teaching as Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow for his later life.
Life
He was born ...
MA (1708)
* Michael Potter MA (1740)
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William Leechman
William Leechman or Leishman (1706–1785) was a Scottish minister, theologian and academic. He was Professor of Divinity and later Principal at Glasgow University.
Early life and education
The son of William Leechman, a farmer of Dolp ...
MA DD (1744)
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Robert Trail MA DD (1761)
* James Baillie MA DD (1775)
* William Wight MA DD (1778)
* Robert Findlay MA DD (1782)
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Stevenson Macgill MA DD (1814)
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Alexander Hill MA DD (1840)
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John Caird MA LLD DD (1862)
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William Purdie Dickson MA LLD DD (1873)
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William Hastie
William Hastie MA DD (7 July 1842 – 31 August 1903) was a Scottish clergyman and theologian. He produced the first English translation of the '' Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven'', by Immanuel Kant. Hastie led the General Assemb ...
MA DD (1895)
* Henry Martyn Beckwith Reid MA DD (1903)
* William Fulton MA BSc LLD DD (1927)
* John Gervase Riddell MA DD (1947)
* Ronald Gregor Smith MA ThD DD (1956)
* Allan Douglas Galloway MA BD PhD STM (1969)
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George McLeod Newlands MA BD PhD DLitt (1986-2008)
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Werner Jeanrond MA PhD (2008-2012)
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George Pattison MA BD PhD DD (2013- Present)
See also
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List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
References
Citations
Sources
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*''Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow''. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond
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Divinity
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Divinity, *, Glasgow
1640 establishments in Scotland