Thomas Martin
Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, died 1942
About Thomas Martin
Lived 1856 – 1942 (aged 85).
Thomas Martin (14 April 1856 – 7 January 1942) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1920.
Life
Martin was born on 14 April 1856 at Scone, Perthshire. His father, Hugh, was farmer. He attended St Martin's Parish School and studied at the universities of Edinburgh (MA, 1880) and St Andrews.
In 1920 he succeeded William Paterson Paterson as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1921 by James McClymont.
He married Christian I. Robertson in London. Their children were Hugh Forgan Martin of Dollar Academy, Thomas Martin who was a physician, and Christian Isabella who married the theologian George Thomas Thomson.
He died on 7 January 1942.
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Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, died 1942
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Thomas Martin was born on 14 April 1856.
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Thomas Martin died on 7 January 1942.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Thomas Martin (moderator)
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