Born in County Antrim, Ireland, May 21, 1773. Entered the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where he distinguished himself as a scholar, and graduated with the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1797. He began teaching...
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Born in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, June 12, 1774. His father was a distinguished minister of the Church of Scotland. He came to America, by way of Liverpool, England, in the spring of 1792. Soon after his arrival in New York, he..
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Born in County Antrim, Ireland, October 2, 1768. He received the rudiments of a classical education in the schools of his native country. He graduated from the University of Glasgow, in 1790. He returned to Ireland where he engaged in...
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Born at Bargady, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, on September 15, 1753, to parents driven into the Secession church on account of some dissatisfaction with the moral character of their minister in the Church of Scotland. He received a country...
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There is no indication given when Steven was born or where he came from. The name of William Steven occurs in the Matriculation Albums of Glasgow University, where he is said to be a dyer's son from Kilmarnock. Steven was licensed...
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Believed to be the son of John Reid of Chirnside, John Reid was licensed at Douglas on August 12, 1786. On February 13, 1787, a call was presented to him from Perth, but delay was asked for on the ground of the improved...
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Born, probably in 1730, at Wallacetown in Annandale, where his father was a merchant. He was one of the "four Johns." The first extant minutes of Presbytery, February 9, 1758, gives his name as clerk, a post he retained until...
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One of the original "four Johns," nothing is known of his birth and training. He was ordained at Craighead on September 6, 1755, and was specially assigned to the Southern congregation when the Presbytery was divided...
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Born in the parish of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, in 1729. While a student he supported himself by teaching. He first appears in minutes of Presbytery in 1760. After a long examination, extending over many months, he was licensed...
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John M'Millan III, the son of John M'Millan II, was born in 1752, and was licensed on January 4, 1775, at Pentland. On March 19, 1777, he received no fewer than four calls—Inverkeithing, Hamilton, Stirling, and Merse and...
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Born at Eastforth, Carnwath, on July 4, 1729. He was numbered among the "four Johns" of the Reformed Presbytery. He was ordained at Bothwell on September 20, 1750. He first appears in support of his father against the heresy...
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Born at Barncauchlaw, Minigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, in 1669?, and spent his boyhood near his birthplace. He appears to have been raised among the United Societies from his youth, but entered the Revolution Church for a time. Before he...
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Born in Elie, May, 1642. After the usual prepatory studies, he was sent to the College of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself in the several classes. He devoted his life to the ministry and the cause of the church of his fathers...
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Hugh Binning was son of John Binning and Margaret M'Kell, daughter of Matthew M'Kell, minister of Bothwell, and sister of Hugh M'Kell, one of the ministers of Edinburgh. His father's worldly circumstances were so good that Hugh...
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George Gillespie was son of John Gillespie, minister at Kirkaldy. He was born in 1613. In 1629, he was sent to the University of St. Andrews to prosecute his studies. When he had completed his academic career, and was ready to enter into the office of the ministry, his progress was...
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Calvin was born in Noyon, France, on July 10, 1509. He received formal instruction for the priesthood at the Collège de la Marche and the Collège de Montaigue, branches of the University of Paris. Encouraged by his father to study law instead of theology, Calvin also attended universities at Orléans and Bourges.
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Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, the son of Hans Luther, who worked in the copper mines, and his wife Margarethe. He went to school at Magdeburg and Eisenach, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1501, graduating with a BA in 1502 and an MA in 1505. His father wished him to be a lawyer...
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