The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the

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is the oldest chair of

ecclesiastical history __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual ...

in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1716 by King

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. The Crown granted 100 pounds per year for this purpose. This was, thus, a

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until 1935, when constitutional arrangements in the Church of Scotland resulted in patronage being transferred to the University Court acting on a Board of Nomination consisting of representatives of the University Court and the

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List of professors

* William Anderson MA (1721) * William Rouet MA (1752) * William Wight MA DD (1778) * Hugh Macleod MA DD (1809) *

James Seaton Reid James Seaton Reid MA DD (1798–1851) was an Irish presbyterian minister and church historian. Life Born in Lurgan, County Armagh, he was son of Forest Reid, master of a grammar school there, and Mary Weir, his wife. Left fatherless at an ear ...

MA DD (1841) * Thomas Thomson Jackson MA DD (1851) * William Lee MA DD (1874) *

Robert Herbert Story Robert Herbert Story (28 January 1835 – 13 January 1907) was a Scottish divine and Principal of the University of Glasgow. He attained the highest position in the Scottish church as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ...

MA DD LLD (1886) * James Cooper MA DD LittD DCL

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Archibald Main Archibald Main, (17 December 1876 – 14 March 1947) was a Scottish ecclesiastical historian, Church of Scotland minister, military chaplain, and academic. From 1915 to 1922, he was Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of St A ...

MA DD DLitt LLD (1922-1942) *

William Dickie Niven William Dickie Niven (26 April 1879 – 26 February 1965), of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, was a Scottish academic. Family Niven was the son of Charles Niven and Jane M. Mackay. In 1908, he married Isabella Cumming and they had two daughters. Educat ...

MA LLD DD (1946) * John Foster MA DD (1949) *

William Hugh Clifford Frend William Hugh Clifford Frend (11 January 1916 – 1 August 2005) was an English ecclesiastical historian, archaeologist, and Anglican priest. Academic career * Haileybury College (scholar) * Keble College, Oxford (scholar, BA first class in mo ...

TD MA DPhil DD FRSE FBA (1969-1984) * W. Ian P. Hazlett BA BD DTheo DLitt DD (2002-2010) * Charlotte Methuen MA BD PhD (2017-)

References

* Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond, ''Who, Where and When: the History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow'' (Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2001). * Paul L. Robertson, "The Finances of Glasgow University Before 1914", ''History of Education Quarterly'' Winter (1976):449-478 {{DEFAULTSORT:Professor of Ecclesiastical History, *, Glasgow

Ecclesiastical History __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual ...

Ecclesiastical History, *, Glasgow 1716 establishments in Scotland

List of professors

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