Cook, John

Education

Student United College 1783-1784 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1784-1785 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov. 1785-1786 Log.; Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov. 1786-1787 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics 1787-1788 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Hist.; N. Phil. (Secondar). M.A. 5.5.1788.

Student St Mary’s College 1788-1792. Alexander bursar, 1788. D.D. 3.9.1808.

Professor of Hebrew 5.5.1802 - 27.9.1808 (resigned).

Professor of Biblical Criticism 27.9.1808 - 28.11.1824 (died).

Birth/childhood

Born 24.11.1771 eldest son of John Cook, Professor of Moral Philosophy, St Andrews University and Janet Hill. [University professor]

Career

Licensed by St Andrews presbytery 1792.

Minister at Kilmany 1793 - 1802.

Professor of Hebrew 5.5.1802 - 27.9.1808 (resigned). [St Andrews University] [University professor]

Professor of Biblical Criticism 27.9.1808 - 28.11.1824 (died). [St Andrews University]

Publications

An Inquiry into the Books of the New Testament (Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1821)

Death

[Died 28.11.1824.]

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