Chalmers, Thomas, c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Thomas Chalmers. Caption: "Thomas Chalmers". 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: "Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847), theologian; educated at St. Andrews; minister of Kilmeny, Fife, 1803-15; lectured on chemistry at St. Andrews; minister of Tron parish, Glasgow, 1815-20, and of St. John's, Glasgow, 1820-3; D.D. Glasgow, 1816; visited London, 1817; professor of moral philosophy, St. Andrews, 1823-8; professor of divinity, Edinburgh, 1828-43; lectured in London, 1838; an active pioneer of the movement which led to the disruption of the Scottish Established church and to the formation of the Free church, 1843; devised the sustentation fund of the newly founded Free church; principal and divinity professor of the Free Church College, Edinburgh, 1843-7; advocated home missions; author of theological, philosophical, expository, and devotional treatises, from 1813. [ix. 449]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume II, p. 101
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0011023
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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