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G. C. M. Douglas
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Rev Prof '''George Cunningham Monteath Douglas''' DD (1826–1904) was a 19th century Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who was Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament at [[Glasgow]] Free Church College. He served as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] to the Free Church 1894/95.
==Life==
He was born on 2 March 1826 in the manse at [[Kilbarchan]] in south-west Scotland in 1826 the son of Rev Robert Douglas, the parish minister serving the [[Church of Scotland]], and his wife Janet Monteath, daughter of Rev John Monteath of Houston, Renfrewshire .<ref>Ewings Annals of the Free Church</ref>
He took a general degree at [[Glasgow University]] then studied Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]]. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland at [[Bridge of Weir]] in 1852. In 1857 he was elected Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at the newly-built Free Church College in [[Glasgow]]. Originally living in college rooms by 1860 he was living at 25 Westminster Terrace, a fine three storey and basement terraced house, with his family.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1860</ref>
He succeeded Dr [[Patrick Fairbairn]] as Principal of the College in 1875.
In 1894 he succeeded Rev [[Walter Chalmers Smith]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland.
He retired in May 1902 and died at Woodcliffe in [[Bridge of Allan]]<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1900</ref> on 24 May 1904 and is buried in the [[Glasgow Necropolis]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2FzefJA>
==Family==
He was brother to the missionary [[Carstairs Douglas]] (1830-1877).
In 1855 he married Grace Alice Moncrieff, daughter of Hugh Moncrieff of Glasgow.
==Publications==
*''Handbooks for Bible Study''
*''Why I Still Think that [[Moses]] Wrote [[Deuteronomy]]''
==References==
[[Category:1826 births]]
[[Category:1904 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Renfrewshire]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
[[Category:Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis]]
==Life==
He was born on 2 March 1826 in the manse at [[Kilbarchan]] in south-west Scotland in 1826 the son of Rev Robert Douglas, the parish minister serving the [[Church of Scotland]], and his wife Janet Monteath, daughter of Rev John Monteath of Houston, Renfrewshire .<ref>Ewings Annals of the Free Church</ref>
He took a general degree at [[Glasgow University]] then studied Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]]. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland at [[Bridge of Weir]] in 1852. In 1857 he was elected Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at the newly-built Free Church College in [[Glasgow]]. Originally living in college rooms by 1860 he was living at 25 Westminster Terrace, a fine three storey and basement terraced house, with his family.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1860</ref>
He succeeded Dr [[Patrick Fairbairn]] as Principal of the College in 1875.
In 1894 he succeeded Rev [[Walter Chalmers Smith]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland.
He retired in May 1902 and died at Woodcliffe in [[Bridge of Allan]]<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1900</ref> on 24 May 1904 and is buried in the [[Glasgow Necropolis]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2FzefJA>
==Family==
He was brother to the missionary [[Carstairs Douglas]] (1830-1877).
In 1855 he married Grace Alice Moncrieff, daughter of Hugh Moncrieff of Glasgow.
==Publications==
*''Handbooks for Bible Study''
*''Why I Still Think that [[Moses]] Wrote [[Deuteronomy]]''
==References==
[[Category:1826 births]]
[[Category:1904 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Renfrewshire]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
[[Category:Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis]]
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