Menzies, Allan L

Education

Student United College 1862-1863 Log.; Gk. 3; Math. 2 1863-1864 N. Phil.; M. Phil.; Eng. Lit. M.A. 25.4.1865.

Professor of Biblical Criticism , St Andrews University 11.11.1889 - 6.5.1916.

Birth/childhood

Born 23.1.1845 3rd son of Allan Menzies, W.S. [Writer to the Signet], Professor of Conveyancing, Edinburgh University and Helen Cowan. [lawyer, university professor]

Career

([The] ‘L’ [in his firstname] adopted for a short time then dropped)

Also at Edinburgh University - B.D. 1869. D.D. Glasgow 1889. Also D.D. Erlangen.

Licensed by Dunoon presbytery 1870.

Minister Abernyte 1873-1889.

Professor of Biblical Criticism , St Andrews University 11.11.1889 - 6.5.1916. [University professor]

Publications

National religion: sermons on the ten commandments. (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1888)

Death

Died 6.5.1916.

Sources

  • UYUY674
  • College Echoes 1901/02 p75, 1906/07 p285-6
  • Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
  • Memoir by daughter in A Study of Calvin
  • Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground new