| 词条 | James Murison (moderator) |
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Rev Prof James Murison DD (c. 1705 – 1779) was principal of St Leonards College at St Andrews University and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1767.[1] LifeHe was born around 1705 in Kincardineshire. Studying divinity at Kings College, Aberdeen he graduated MA in April 1721. After a long wait for a patron (then essential in the Scottish church), he was proposed as minister of Edzell and Newdosk in June 1729 and accepted and ordained on 17 September 1729. In October 1743 he was translated to Kinnell Church, near Arbroath.[2] In March 1747 he is recorded as having had been robbed at his manse in Kinnell.[3] In September 1747 he left the ministry to become principal of St Marys College, St Andrews and in March 1748 became rector of St Andrews University. In 1779 he is recorded as being in very poor health.[4] He died on 30 July 1779. His position at St Andrews University was succeeded by Rev Dr James Gillespie.[5] FamilyOn 12 October 1744 he married Annabella Trent (died 1761) in Leuchars in Fife. She was his second wife.[6] His children included James Murison of Denbrae (c. 1740 – 1803 Mid Calder), a child from his first marriage. References1. ^https://www.geni.com/projects/Moderators-of-the-General-Assembly-of-the-Church-of-Scotland/15939 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Murison, James}}{{Scotland-reli-bio-stub}}2. ^http://www.soutar.net/notes13(9).pdf 3. ^A History of Arbroath (1876) 4. ^The Life of the Late George Hill DD 5. ^The History of St Andrews (1843) 6. ^http://www.soutar.net/notes13(9).pdf 6 : 1779 deaths|Ministers of the Church of Scotland|Alumni of the University of Aberdeen|Academics of the University of St Andrews|Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland|Year of birth uncertain |
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