Cairns, Adam ♂

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. Jun.; Ethics 1817-1818 Lat. Prov.; Math. Prov.; Chem.; Physics. (Secondar).

D.D. 9.4.1853 (Proposed by Sir David Brewster).

Birth/childhood

Born 30.1.1802 son of Adam Cairns, minister at Longforgan and Elizabeth Halley.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - divinity student 1818-1820.

Licensed by Cupar presbytery 1824.

Minister at Manor 1828 - 1833. Dunbog 1833 - 1837. Cupar 1st charge 1937 - 1943. Cupar Free Church 1843 - 1853. Chalmers Church, Melbourne, Australia 1853 - 1876.

Death

Died 30.1.1881 at Richmond near Melbourne [Australia].

Sources

• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
• W. Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900 (1914)
• A.D.B.
• Monumental inscription, Cupar extension