Henderson, John ♂

Education

Student United College 1839-1840 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun.; Math. 1; Sens. Phil. 1840-1841 Lat. Sen.; Gk. Sen.; Log.; Math. 2; Civ. Hist. 1841-1842 Lat. 2; Gk. 2; Math. 3; Ethics; Physiol.; Sens. Phil. 1842-1843 Lat. 2; Gk. 2; Ethics; Physics; Chem.; Sens. Phil.; Anat. Descr.; Physiol. Gen. & Anat. Comp. Foundation bursar, 1839. M.A. 29.4.1843.

Sent down 1843 in Rectorial election row, but probably rescinded.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 30.1.1825 son of John Henderson, Bo’ness and Jane Oswald.

Career

Licensed by Linlithgow Free Church presbytery 1847.

Free Church minister Orwell 1848-1853. Port Glasgow 1853-1857 (died in Cairo where he had gone for health reasons). [Minister]

Death

Died [1857] in Cairo [Egypt] where he had gone for health reasons

Sources

• UYUC400:6.11.1839
• United College prize list
• Fifeshire Jnl. 16.3.1843 p3
• W. Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900 (Edinburgh, 1914)