Campbell, William (1727–1805), presbyterian minister and scholar, was born 9 November 1727, one of the three sons of Robert Campbell, a merchant of Newry, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Murdoch of Newry. He matriculated to the University of Glasgow in 1744. He was…
Patton, William Donald
McCosh, James
McCosh, James (1811–94), presbyterian minister, philosopher, and academic, was born 1 April 1811, near Patna, Ayrshire, Scotland, second and only surviving son and fifth child of seven born to Andrew McCosh, farmer, and Jean Carson, his wife. Educated at the local parish school,…