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Adam Mitchell Hunter

1871 – 1955

Scottish minister, mathematician, astronomer and author of church history

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Lived 1871 – 1955 (aged 83–84). Adam Mitchell Hunter was a British church historian.

Adam Mitchell Hunter (1871–1955) was a Scottish minister, mathematician, astronomer and author of church history.

Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1871. He was educated at George Watsons College then studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh and Marburg University in central Germany.

He was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1897, and became minister of Cardross Parish Church. He simultaneously lectured in church history at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. In 1922, he left Cardross and took on the role of librarian at New College, Edinburgh. In 1923, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Young Simpson, Hector Macpherson, Charles Glover Barkla and John Alison. In 1941, he published an article about the Cardross Case. He resigned from the society in 1946.

Hunter died in 1955.

Publications

The Teachings of Calvin: A Modern Interpretation (1920) The Celebration of Communion in Scotland since the Reformation (1929) New College, Edinburgh: A Centenary History (1946) The Age of Daniel and the Exile

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Born
1871
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Died
1955
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Education
University of Edinburgh
Employers
University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Scottish minister, mathematician, astronomer and author of church history

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Adam Mitchell Hunter was born in 1871.

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Adam Mitchell Hunter died in 1955.

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Adam Mitchell Hunter was a church historian.

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Adam Mitchell Hunter was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adam Mitchell Hunter

· Wikidata: Q27868331

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