Robert Nisbet (minister)
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Robert Nisbet FRSE (7 January 1814 – 22 November 1874) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland and religious author.
He was born on 7 January 1814 in Auchterarder, the son of Margaret Sime, and her husband Christopher Nisbet. He was educated locally then studied divinity at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach in 1836 and began as assistant minister in Lanark.
In 1842 he took on the prestigious role of minister of West St Giles' in Edinburgh.
In 1853 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (DD) from the University of St Andrews.
In 1863 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Thomas Stevenson.[1]
He died at his home, 56 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town on 22 November 1874.[2] He is buried in Dean Cemetery in the west of the city, and his grave lies under the trees at the west end of the north-west section.
