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Thomas Witherow (1824–1890) was an Irish Presbyterian minister and historian. LifeThe son of Hugh Witherow, a farmer at Aughlish, near Dungiven, County Londonderry, and his wife Elizabeth Martin, he was born at Ballycastle on 29 May 1824. He received his early education at Ralliagh church school, and then studied with James Bryce. Later on he went to Belfast Academy and the Royal Academical Institution. In 1839 he entered the collegiate department of the Academical Institution, and here, with the exception of a session at Edinburgh, all his college days were spent.[1] In 1845 Witherow was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Glendermot, and in 1845 he ordained at Maghera, Londonderry, by the presbytery of Magherafelt, as colleague to Charles Kennedy. In 1865, on the opening of Magee College, Londonderry, he was appointed by the General Assembly as Professor of Church History and Pastoral Theology.[1] In 1878 Witherow was elected moderator of the Irish General Assembly, and in 1884 as a senator of the Royal University of Ireland. He was made hon. D.D. in 1883 by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland, and LL.D. by the Royal University in 1885. Witherow died on 25 January 1890 at Londonderry, and was buried in the city cemetery there.[1] WorksWitherow's main works were:[1]
He was a contributor to the British and Foreign Evangelical Review, the Belfast Witness, and the Londonderry Standard, and was one of the editors of the Presbyterian Review. FamilyWitherow married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Milling of Maghera. They had seven daughters and three sons. Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Witherow, Thomas|volume=62}} Attribution{{DNB|wstitle=Witherow, Thomas|volume=62}}{{s-start}}{{s-aca}}{{s-new}}{{s-ttl|title=Professor of Church History and Pastoral Theology at Magee College, Derry, County Londonderry|years=1865-90}}{{s-aft|after=J. Edgar Henry}}{{s-rel|pres}}{{succession box| before=George Bellis (1877)| title=Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland| years=1878| after=Robert Watts (1879)}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Witherow, Thomas}} 8 : 1824 births|1890 deaths|Irish Presbyterian ministers|Irish historians|People from County Londonderry|19th-century historians|Moderators of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland|Academics of Ulster University |
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