Caird, John

Education

LL.D. 10.2.1883.

Birth/childhood

Born 15.12.1820 eldest son of John Caird, engineer, Greenock and Janet Young.

[Brother of Edward Caird, LL.D. 9.2.1878]

Career

Educated at Glasgow University - M.A. 1845, D.D. 1860. D.D. Edinburgh 1884.

Licensed by Glasgow presbytery 1845.

Minister at Newton upon Ayr 1845 - 1847. Lady Yesters, Edinburgh 1847 - 1849. Errol 1849 - 1857. Park, Glasgow 1857 - 1862. Professor of Divinity, Glasgow University 1862 - 1873. Principal, Glasgow University 1873 - 30.7.1898 (died). [University professor]

Publications

Spinoza (Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1888)

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1891)

Death

[Died 30.7.1898.]

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