Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College)
Dates
- Existence: 1780 - 1847
Biography
The theologian, preacher, and philanthropist Thomas Chalmers was born in Anstruther, Fife, on 17 March 1780. He was educated first at the parish school and then at St. Andrews University where he became a keen mathematician and scientist. He also wanted to be a preacher and when he became a Minister at Kilmeny in Fife, in 1803, he also gave lectures on Chemistry at St. Andrews. As a preacher he made his name at the Tron Church from 1815, and at St. John's Parish, Glasgow, from 1820. In 1828, Chalmers became the first principal and Professor of Divinity at the New College, University of Edinburgh (then called Divinity Hall of the Free Church of Scotland), and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1832. Within the Church, Chalmers was the leader of the Evangelical party, and as such he proposed the Veto Act (1834) which gave some power to the parishes to reject a minister proposed by the patron. This stand against patronage contributed to the Disruption in 1843 when he led around one third of Church ministers to form the Free Church of Scotland. He became the first Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers died overnight on 30-31 May 1847.
Found in 751 Collections and/or Records:
Letters by Thomas Chalmers, 1821
Letters by Thomas Chalmers, 1818
Letters by Thomas Chalmers , 1819
Letters by Thomas Chalmers, 1819
Letters from Thomas Chalmers to various correspondents
Letters of Rev. Alexander Lockhart Simpson (1785-1861)
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.
List of works presented to the Morningside Free Church Congregational Library, [1844-1847]
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