| 词条 | Patrick Campbell MacDougall |
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Rev Prof Patrick Campbell MacDougall DD FRSE (1806–1867) was a 19th-century Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who became Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University. LifeHe was born in the manse at Killin in Perthshire on 28 November 1806 the son of Rev Hugh MacDougall and Janet Campbell. His father died while he was young and he was sent to Edinburgh to live with relatives. He was sent to Edinburgh High School for education and was dux in 1822. He then studied Humanities, Greek and Logic at Edinburgh University. He became Classics master at Edinburgh Academy around 1827. Only in 1835 does he appear as a "student of divinity" living at 17 Cheyne Street in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.[1] In 1840 he appears as P C MacDougall Esq living at 6 West Claremont Street.[2] In 1844 he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at New College, Edinburgh, training ministers for the Free Church of Scotland. In 1850 he replaced Professor John Wilson as Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University. He then moved to a huge townhouse at 38 Great King Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[3] His appointment was made by the town council. For various reasons he did not actively take the Chair until 1853.[4] He was the first Convenor of the Free Church's "Widows and Orphans Fund". In 1860 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being James Young Simpson.[5] He died at his home 9 Buckingham Terrace[6] on 30 December 1867 and is buried in Dean Cemetery.[7] The obelisk marking the grave lies in a group of similar monuments on the main south path, opposite the smaller south sections. FamilyIn 1847 he married a widow, Helen Mary Thompson (1808-1878), the widow of Walter Glass of St Andrews, at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. Publications
References1. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1835 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDougall, Patrick Campbell}}{{Scotland-reli-bio-stub}}2. ^Edinburgh Post Office directory 1840 3. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850 4. ^Ewings Annals of the Free Church 5. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 6. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1867 7. ^The Gentlemans Magazine February 1868 5 : 1806 births|1867 deaths|People from Perthshire|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Burials at the Dean Cemetery |
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