Blair, William ♂

Education

Student United College 1846-1847 Lat. 1; Gk. 1; Math. 1. 1847-1848 Gk. 2; Math. 2; Log.; Sens. Phil. 1848-1849 Lat. 2; Gk. 2; Math. 3; Ethics; Sens. Phil. 1849-1850 Gk. 2; Chem.; Physics. M.A. 27.4.1850.

D.D. 8.2.1879.

General Council assessor on University Court, 1899 - 1911.

Birth/childhood

Born 13.1.1830 9th son George Blair, miner, Cluny, Fife and Elspeth Welch.

Career

Licensed by Kirkcaldy U.P. presbytery [Kirkcaldy United Presbyterian presbytery] 1854.

U.P. minister [United Presbyterian minister] Leighton Church, Dunblane 1856 - 1900 (retired). [Minister]

General Council assessor on University Court, 1899 - 1911. [St Andrews University]

Publications

The United Presbyterian Church: a Handbook of its History and Principles (Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1888)

Death

Died at Dunblane 11.8.1916.

Sources

• R. Small, History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church 1733-1900. 2v. (Edinburgh, 1904) Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
• Who was Who
• Deaths Reg. Dunblane 1916/28
• StAUL ms 36368 - diary, 1849 - 51
• ms 38280 - accounts 1846 - 57