Davidson, John ♂

Education

Student United College 1851-1852 Lat. 1; Gk. 1; Nat. Hist.; Sens. Phil. 1852-1853 Lat. 2; Gk. 2; Log.; Math. 1 1854-1855 Lat. 3; Gk. 3; M. Phil.; Exp. Phys. Attended Free Church as a student.

Birth/childhood

Born 1.7.1834 son of Rev. John Davidson, Kinghorn and Janet Sutherland. [Minister]

Attended Free Church School, Burntisland.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University 1855-1856 and New College 1856-1860.

Free Church minister at New Abbey 1864. Langholm 1864 -1870. Chalmers Church, Adelaide 1870 - 1873. First professor of philosophy and English literature, University of Adelaide 1873 - 1877 (resigned). [Minister, university professor]

Death

Died 22.7.1881.

Sources

• UYUC310
• UYUC400:18.12.1852
• United College prize list
• W. Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900 (1914)
• Births Reg. Kinghorn
• Australian Dictionary of Biography