Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . JAMES ROBERTSON, Born 31st May, 1846 ; Hied 24th August, 1901. u* / . ? • • • • ^r*/. #/ ABERDEEN UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE 235 Church, Aberdeen, was appointed. Thedeath of Professor Binnie had left theChair of Church History vacant, and Robertson, , formerly Principalof the Calcutta College, was chosen to fillit. On the death of Principal Brown,Professor Salmond was appointed to theprincipal ship. A scholar of distinction, anuntiring worker, and a man of devotedspirit, Principal Salmond has left behindhim the memory of a
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . JAMES ROBERTSON, Born 31st May, 1846 ; Hied 24th August, 1901. u* / . ? • • • • ^r*/. #/ ABERDEEN UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE 235 Church, Aberdeen, was appointed. Thedeath of Professor Binnie had left theChair of Church History vacant, and Robertson, , formerly Principalof the Calcutta College, was chosen to fillit. On the death of Principal Brown,Professor Salmond was appointed to theprincipal ship. A scholar of distinction, anuntiring worker, and a man of devotedspirit, Principal Salmond has left behindhim the memory of a strenuous and earnestlife. His contributions to the literatureof theology gave him a wide reputation,and his name will live through some of hispublished works. He died in 1905, and wassucceeded in the principalship by who still holds the Professor Stalker. A fifth professor was appointed at Aber-deen in 1900, on the occasion of the Unionof the Free and United PresbyterianChurches. Professor Johnstone, of theUnited Presbyterian Hall, was transferredto the Aberdeen College, and some re-arrangement of subjects was made. Thedeath of Professor Robertson—who hadbeen a prominent personality in public lifein Aberdeen, and had done much for theeducational interests of the city—madeanother blank ; but, after some discussionregarding the College generally, Dr. JamesStalker, of St. Matthews, Glasgow, wasappointed in 1902 to succeed him in the Chair of Church History. The death ofPrincipal Salmond in 1905 made anothervacancy, but, instead of making a new ap-pointment to his chair, another rearrange-ment of subjects took place, and the staffwas again reduced to four Professor Johnstone retired in 1907,the agitation for the discontinuance of theAberdeen College—or, at anyrate, for afarther reduction of the staf
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