William Stanford Reid (13 September 1913 – 28 December 1996), usually cited as W. Stanford Reid, was a professor of history at
McGill University
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and the
University of Guelph
, mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities"
, established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922)
, type = Public university
, chancellor ...
and a
Presbyterian Church in Canada
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minister. He held a
Doctor of Philosophy
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degree from the
University of Pennsylvania
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(1941). He also had a divinity degree from
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to t ...
, studying under the Presbyterian scholar
J. Gresham Machen.
Notes
He was the son of Rev. William Dunn Reid and Daisy Sanford. His brother was Stewart Reid - Montreal, Quebec. His parents were Joseph Reid b. 1838 and Janet Dunn b. 1863. His grandparents were some of the first Scottish settlers in the Eastern Townships of Quebec arriving in the late 1820s. His grandparents were William Reid and Jean Gould and Andrew Dunn and Elisabeth Oliver.
[A Genealogy of the Reid Family by W.D. Reid, 1938]
References
Further reading
"W. Stanford Reid -- A Classic Case of Exclusion" A. Donald Macleod
Alistair Donald Macleod (born 1938) is a former research professor of church history at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto.
Macleod was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at McGill University, Harvard University, and W ...
. Fall 1999 Channels, Vol. 16 No. 1.
''W. Stanford Reid: an evangelical Calvinist in the academy'' A. Donald Macleod
Alistair Donald Macleod (born 1938) is a former research professor of church history at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto.
Macleod was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at McGill University, Harvard University, and W ...
.
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004. .
"Lutheranism In The Scottish Reformation" W. Stanford Reid.
Westminster Theological Journal
''Westminster Theological Journal'' is an evangelical theological journal published by Westminster Theological Seminary and edited by Vern Poythress
Vern Sheridan Poythress (born 1946) is an American philosopher, theologian, New Testament schol ...
. Vol.7 No.2. May 1945.
"The Historical Development of Christian Scientific Presuppositions" W. Stanford Reid. ''
JASA''. Vol.27 (June 1975): 69–75.
"Science and Miracle: Another Approach" W. Stanford Reid. ''
JASA''. Vol.31 (September 1979): 171–172.
Reid's response to "Original Sin as Natural Evil"(article by
Richard H. Bube Richard H. Bube (August 10, 1927 – June 9, 2018) was an American scientist.
Academic career
Bube received his B.S. in physics from Brown University in 1946 and his M.A. (1948) and Ph.D. (1950) in physics from Princeton University.Richard H. Bube ...
). ''
JASA''. Vol.27 (December 1975):171-180.
External links
Reid's Worldcat identity
1913 births
1996 deaths
20th-century Canadian historians
20th-century Canadian male writers
20th-century Presbyterian ministers
Calvinist and Reformed scholars
Canadian evangelicals
Canadian historians of religion
Canadian male non-fiction writers
Canadian Presbyterian ministers
Evangelical pastors
Historians of Christianity
McGill University faculty
University of Guelph faculty
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Westminster Theological Seminary alumni
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