Background
Sclater, John Robert Paterson was born on April 9, 1876 in Manchester, England. Son of Review John and Ellen Gentle (Paterson) Sclater.
Sclater, John Robert Paterson was born on April 9, 1876 in Manchester, England. Son of Review John and Ellen Gentle (Paterson) Sclater.
Student Owens College, Manchester, England, 1893-1895. Bachelor of Arts, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, 1898. Master of Arts, 1900.
Student Westminster Theological College, 1900-1902.
Doctor of Divinity, Saint Andrews U. (Scotland), 1917, Queen's U. (Canada), 1934, Victoria U. (Canada), 1942. Doctor of Laws, University of Toronto (Canada), 1944.
Moved to Canada, 1923. Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church of England, 1902. Pastor, Greenhill Presbyterian Church, Derby, England, 1902-1907, New North Church (Church of Scotland), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1907-1923, Parkdale Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Canada, 1923-1924, Old Saint Andrew’s United Church, Toronto, since 1924.
Warrack lecturer Scottish Theological Colleges, 1922.
Lyman Beecher lecturer Yale, 1928. Dudleian lecturer Harvard, 1937.
Moderator United Church of Canada, 1942-1944, chairman commission on reunion of churches, since 1942.
Served as chaplain, 9th Battalion (Highlanders), Royal Scots (Great Britain), 1909-1923. Clubs: Arts and Letters, York (Toronto).
Married Nora Christian Turnbull, July 19, 1904. Children: John Arthur Cecil, Gilbert Turnbull (deceased), Mary Lindsay.