Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Glasgow
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The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the University of Glasgow
is the oldest chair of ecclesiastical history
in the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1716 by King George I of Great Britain
. 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 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
is the oldest chair of ecclesiastical history
Ecclesiastical History
Ecclesiastical History or ecclesiastical history may refer to:*Ecclesiastical history *Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum by Bede*Church History , pioneer work on the Christian Church by Eusebius of Caesarea...
in the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1716 by King George I of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain
George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
. The Crown granted 100 pounds
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
per year for this purpose. This was, thus, a Regius Chair
Regius Professor
Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the...
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 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the sovereign and highest court of the Church of Scotland, and is thus the Church's governing body[1] An Introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland, A Gordon McGillivray, 2nd Edition .-Church courts:As a Presbyterian church,...
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- William Anderson MA (1721)
- William Rouet MA (1752)
- William Wight MA DD (1778)
- Hugh Macleod MA DD (1809)
- James Seaton ReidJames Seaton Reid-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 early age, James spent much of his youth at Ramelton, County Donegal, under the care of his brother Edward, minister of the presbyterian congregation...
MA DD (1841) - Thomas Thomson Jackson MA DD (1851)
- William Lee MA DD (1874)
- Robert Herbert StoryRobert Herbert StoryRobert Herbert Story was a Scottish divine and Principal of the University of Glasgow.-Biography:Story was born on the 28th January 1835 at Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, and educated at the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Heidelberg. In 1859, he was assistant minister at St...
MA DD LLD (1886) - James Cooper MA DD LittD DCL [1898]
- Archibald Main MA DD DLitt LLD (1922-1942)
- William Dickie Niven MA LLD DD (1946)
- John Foster MA DD (1949)
- William Hugh Clifford FrendWilliam Hugh Clifford FrendThe Reverend Professor William Hugh Clifford Frend was an English ecclesiastical historian, archaeologist, and Anglican priest.-Academic career:* Haileybury College...
TD MA DPhil DD FRSE FBA (1969-1984) - W. Ian P. Hazlett BA BD Dr.theol D.Litt DD (2002-2010)