Candlish, Robert Smith, c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Robert Smith Candlish D.D. Caption: "Robert Smith Candlish D.D." No additional notes.
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Candlish Robert Smith (1806-1873), Free church leader; edcuated at Glasgow, assistant minister in Glasgow, at BonHill, Dumbartonshire, and (1833) at St. George's, Edinburgh; minister of St. George's; from 1839 took a leading part against the authority of the civil courts in patronage cases; suggested as professor of biblical criticism in Edinburgh, but objected to by Lord Aberdeen; D.D. Princeton, 1841; went out at the disruption, 1843; minister of Free St. George's till death; leader of the Free Church; principal of the Free church college, Edinburgh, 1862; D.D. Edinburgh, 1865; wrote theological treatises. [viii. 405]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume I, p. 93
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0010770
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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