Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1780-1847
Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers FRSE (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He was also the first Principal and Professor of Divinity at the New College, Edinburgh, and a alumnus of the University of Edinburgh.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bound volume of manuscript materials by and about Scottish poet Thomas Brown
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1986
Content Description
Ths is a bound volume of manuscript material, correspondence and verse, by and about Thomas Brown, Scottish poet and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1810 until the end of his life in 1820. The collection was almost certainly put together by his friend and colleague William Erskine, to whom the vast majority of the manuscripts are addressed.Contents:
Twenty-seven autograph...
Dates:
1797-1835
Letters from Thomas Chalmers to various correspondents
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-360
Identifier: Coll-1856
Scope and Contents
A group of thirteen letters from Thomas Chalmers to various correspondents, 1820-1846.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 16 February 1820: ('One reason for calling 1 upon you this evening was earnestly to solicit the hastening forward of our school estimates. Another was to speak to you of Mr McLeod in his capacity as a candidate for the reading school belonging to the Highland Society. I...
Dates:
1820-1846
Letters of Rev. Alexander Lockhart Simpson (1785-1861)
Fonds
Identifier: GD46
Scope and Contents
The letters are largely those to Simpson from Thomas Chalmers, and Sir George Sinclair. There are also letters from the Earl of Morton and Lady Morton, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Stanley, Baron Torphichen, and the Marquis of Tweeddale.
Dates:
1835-1854