Thomas Murchison
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
About Thomas Murchison
Lived 1907 – 1984 (aged 76–77). Thomas Murchison was a christian minister.
Thomas Moffat Murchison (1907-1984) was a Church of Scotland minister and Scottish Gaelic scholar.
Early life He was born 27 July 1907, in Glasgow and brought up on the family croft in Skye. He was educated at Kylerhea Primary School, Portree High School and Trinity College, Glasgow. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1969 to 1970. He was the first Gaelic-speaking moderator since 1948 when Rev Dr Alexander Macdonald held the position.
He died on 9 January 1984.
Personal life Murchiston married Mary Black Morton Philp (1913-2010) in 1940. He had two daughters, Anne and Fiona, and a son, Andrew.
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1907–1984)
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Thomas Murchison was a christian minister.
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