The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the

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is the oldest chair of

ecclesiastical history 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 side of the ...

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 Regius Chair 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 MA DD (1841) * Thomas Thomson Jackson MA DD (1851) * William Lee MA DD (1874) * Robert Herbert Story MA DD LLD (1886) * James Cooper MA DD LittD DCL 898* Archibald Main MA DD DLitt LLD (1922–1942) * William Dickie Niven 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 ...

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 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 side of the ...

Ecclesiastical History, *, Glasgow 1716 establishments in Scotland

List of professors

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