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Born 1575
Died October 29, 1650 (aged 75) • Jedburgh • Scotland
Notable Works “History of the Kirk of Scotland”
Subjects Of Study Church of Scotland
Ian Maclaren
Scottish author
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Alexander Henderson
Alexander Henderson
Scottish minister
Andrew Melville, engraving
Andrew Melville
Scottish clergyman and scholar
Edward Irving
Scottish minister
Norman Macleod, detail of an oil painting by T. Knott; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Norman Macleod
Scottish minister
James Moffatt
British biblical scholar
George Gillespie
Scottish minister and writer
Robert Sandeman
Scottish minister
John Erskine
Scottish religious leader [1509–1591]
Duff, Alexander
Alexander Duff
Scottish minister
John McLeod Campbell
Scottish theologian
James Melville
Scottish clergyman
William Carstares
Scottish minister
Robert Baillie
Scottish minister
John Glas
Scottish minister
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
Scottish clergyman
William Robertson
Scottish historian and minister
Robert Morrison
British missionary