Thomson, John

Education

Student United College 1833-1834 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1834-1835 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Log. 1835-1836 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Ethics; Math. 2 1836-1837 Physics. Madras bursar.

Student St Mary’s College 1837-1841. Part bursary, 1838. Patrick Yeaman bursar, 1839.

D.D. 20.4.1887.

Birth/childhood

Born 7.1.1819 son of John Thomson, mason, St Andrews and Margaret Nicol.

Career

Minister St David’s, New Brunswick 1848-1853. New York 1853-1861. Galt, Ontario 1861-1864. New York 1864-1875. Inverallan 1875-1887 (demitted).

D.D. Princeton.

Death

Died at Forres 1.3.1893.

Sources

  • United College prize list
  • UYSM400/4/175, 191
  • Madras Trust minute 26.12.1833
  • W.M. McBean, Biographical Register of the St Andrews Society of...New York. 2v. (New York, 1922-25) ii p262
  • Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
  • Deaths Reg. Forres 1893/7