Begg, John

Education

Student United College 1895-1896 Gk.; Lat. 1896-1897 Hon. Gk.; Hon. Lat.; Math.; Mod. Gk. 1897-1898 Log.; Hon. Gk. 1898-1899 N. Phil.; Chem.; Prac. Chem.

M.A. 1.4.1899 - 2nd cl. hons. classics. B.D. 29.3.1904.

Birth/childhood

Born 17.10.1878 son of William Begg, grocer and wine merchant, Dundee and Helen Ewing.

Career

Licensed by Dundee U.F. presbytery 1904.

U.F. minister at St Monance 1907 - 1915. Maxwelltown 1915 - 1922. Edinburgh Queen St. Church of Scotland [Edinburgh Queen Street Church of Scotland] 1922 - 1933. Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay North 1933 - 1938. Monifieth, Panmure 1938 - 1948 (demitted). [Minister]

Death

Died 21.2.1964 in Edinburgh.

Sources

  • J.A. Lamb, Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929 (Edinburgh, 1956) Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
  • Scotsman 22.2.1964
  • UYUY672
  • Deaths Reg. George Square Edinburgh 1964/262