John Geddes MacGregor

John Geddes MacGregor (1909–1998) was an author, scholar of philosophy, educator, and an ordained Episcopal priest.

Early life and education

MacGregor was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 13 November 1909, A few days after his Episcopal ordainment, he was named canon of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Los Angeles.

Career From 1949 to 1955 MacGregor served as the first Rufus Jones Professor of philosophy and religion at Bryn Mawr College. In 1957, he became an American citizen.

In 1967, the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco honored MacGregor's book, The Hemlock and the Cross: Humanism, Socrates and Christ, as the year's best nonfiction work by a California author.

Personal life MacGregor married Elizabeth Sutherland McAllister on August 14, 1941, at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. They had two children together, Marie Geddes (born 1944) and Martin Gregor Geddes (born 1946); Elizabeth predeceased her husband in 1994.

MacGregor died on 9 October 1998.

Selected works MacGregor, Geddes (1989). Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy. Description. Paragon House, New York.

Also published as:

MacGregor, Geddes (1979), Gnosis: A Renaissance in Christian Thought A Quest Book}

Speculative MacGregor stated in 1979 that he wrote only one "speculative novel":