Brown, William

Education

Student United College 1814-1815 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1815-1816 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Jun.; Log. 1816-1817 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Prov. 1817-1818 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics; Physics. (Ternar) Luminator, Latin class, 1814. Part bursary, 1816, 1818. Gray prize, 1817. M.A. 1818.

Student St Mary’s College 1818-1819. D.D. 14.5.1842.

Professor of Biblical Criticism, St Andrews University 14.6.1851 - 19.7.1868 (died).

Birth/childhood

Born 14.7.1799 son of Thomas Brown, carpenter, Leuchars and Agnes Brown.

Career

Perhaps also at Edinburgh University - divinity student 1822-1823.

Minister at Buenos Ayres [Buenos Aire, Argentina] 1826 - 1850.

Professor of Biblical Criticism, St Andrews University 14.6.1851 - 19.7.1868 (died). [University professor]

Death

[Died 19.7.1868.]

Sources

  • Births Reg. Leuchars
  • UYUC400:1.11.1814, 5.11.1816, 24.1.1818
  • UYUY452/12/237
  • Jas. Dodds, Records of the Scottish settlers in the River Plate and their churches, chap. xvii 215ff
  • Deaths Reg. St Andrews
  • Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
  • St Andrews Gazette 25.7.1868