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