Education
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Tubingen Universities. Master of Arts of Aberdeen, 1868, with First Class Honours in Classics and Mental Philosophy, and with Simpson Greek Prize. Hutton Prize and Fullerton Scholarship.
Bachelor of Divinity of Edinburgh, 1871.
Doctor of Divinity of Edinburgh, 1893. Doctor of Divinity.
Career
Ordained minister of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1873. Translated to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1879. Croall Lecturer, 1897-1898.
Convener since 1896 of Church of Scotland Jewish Mission Committee.
Editor of Church of Scotland Mission Record, 1886-1900. Baird Lecturer, 1906-1907.
Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, University of Aberdeen since 1899.