James Cockburn

James Hutchison Cockburn DD ThD FSAScot (29 October 1882 – 20 June 1973) was a Scottish scholar and senior Church of Scotland clergyman. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1941 and 1942, the highest position in the Church of Scotland.

Biography

Church career

Born in Paisley on 29 October 1882, he was the eldest child of George Hanna Cockburn (a schoolmaster) and Isabella Brodie Marshall. After receiving his school education in Paisley, he studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating in Arts and Divinity. and retained such a position after the accession of his daughter Elizabeth II in 1952. He created a museum for the church in the Dean's House, and used his connections to acquire material to fill it. Cockburn contributed many articles for this journal. Cockburn also published several books on religious history:

By his death on 20 June 1973, Cockburn had received honorary doctorates (Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Theology) from the University of Glasgow, University of Prague, Yale University, Occidental College, Los Angeles, and Wooster College, Ohio.