George Smeaton (theologian)
The grave of Rev Prof George Smeaton, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
Rev Prof George Smeaton DD (1814 – 1889) was a Scottish theologian.
Life
He was born on 8 April 1814.
He was ordained a minister in the Church of Scotland, but left in the Disruption of 1843 to become one of the founders of the Free Church of Scotland. He served as professor of theology at the Free Church College in Aberdeen from 1854 to 1857, and then as Professor of New Testament Exegesis at New College, Edinburgh until his death.[1]
He died in Edinburgh on 14 April 1889 and is buried in the Grange Cemetery with his wife Janet Helen Goold.
Works
Smeaton wrote The Doctrine of the Atonement, As Taught by Christ Himself (1868), The Doctrine of the Atonement, As Taught by the Apostles (1870), and The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (1882).
References
- ↑ "George Smeaton". Banner of Truth Trust. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
Further reading
- John W. Keddie, George Smeaton: Learned Theologian and Biblical Scholar. Evangelical Press, 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/19/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.