Aitken, James ♂

Education

Student United College 1866-1867 Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1; Anat. & Physiol. 1867-1868 Log.; Gk.2.; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1868-1869 M. Phil.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3; Math. 3 1869-1870 N. Phil.; Gk. 3; Chem. Garth bursar ,1866 . Tyndall Bruce bursar, 1867. Carstairs prize, 1867, 1868, 1869. Arnot prize 1870. Miller prize 1870. M.A. 22.4.1871 1st cl. Hons. Mental philosophy.

Student St Mary’s College 1870-1871. Bruce scholarship, 1870. Ramsay scholar, 1871. D.D. 30.3.1900

Birth/childhood

Born 2.11.1850 son of James Aitken, linen maufacturer, Cupar and Mary Ramsay.

Career

Also at Edinburgh and Leipzig Universities [Edinburgh University, Leipzig University].

U.F. minister, Castle Douglas 1875 -1877. Northumberland Square, North Shields 1877 -1881. Lothian Road, Edinburgh 1881 -1890. Ryehill, Dundee 1890 -1920 (retired). [Minister]

Death

Died 7.5.1927.

Sources

• UYUC400:1.11.1866, 23.4.1870, 14.12.1871
• UYUY452/18/527, 547, 571, 19/50, 93, 100, 126, 149-150
• UYUY674
• UYUY672
• UYM/310
• R. Small, History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church 1733-1900
• J.A. Lamb ed. Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929
• Deaths Reg. Morningside, Edinburgh 1927/337 Fifeshire Jnl. 29.4.1869 p5, 7.12.1871 p5