Brechin, Edwin James ♂

Education

Student United College 1891-1892 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 11892-1893 Gk.; Lat.; Math. 1893-1894 N. Phil.; Log. 1894-1895 M. Phil.; Eng. Lit. 1895-1896 Hon. M. Phil.; Hon. Log.; Physiol.

Fairweather bursar, 1891. Miller prize, 1892. Spence bursar, 1893. M.A. 26.3.1897 2nd cl. hons. mental philosophy.

Student St Mary’s College 1894-1895, 1896-1899.

Tyndal Bruce scholar, 1896. B.D. 30.3.1900.

Birth/childhood

Born 10.2.1874 son of James Brodie Brechin, bookbinder, Dundee and Mary Nicoll.

Attended Dundee High School.

Career

Licensed by Perth presbytery 1899.

Minister at Scots Kirk, Paris 1902 - 1907. St James’s Dulwich 1907 - 1914. Avoch 1914 - 1941 (demitted).

O.B.E. [Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]

Death

Died 2.6.1942.

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