James Lindsay (theologian)
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James Lindsay | |
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| Born | 1852 |
| Died | 25 March 1923 (aged 70–71) |
| Occupations | Minister, theologian |
James Lindsay FRSE FGS (1852 – 25 March 1923) was a Scottish minister, theologian and writer.
He was born in Ayrshire in 1852, where his father, John Cowan Lindsay, was headmaster of Kilmarnock Grammar School, where he was later educated. He studied divinity at Glasgow University, graduating MA in 1878.[1] In 1889 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, John Gray McKendrick, James Thomson Bottomley, and Sir James David Marwick. He gained a doctorate (DD) in 1899.[2]
In 1908, aged 56, he married a widow, Margaret R. Barclay-Shaw (née Cook). He died at Annick Lodge in Ayrshire on 25 March 1923.[1]
