Reverand George Davidson, M. A.

The Rev. George Davidson, the new minister of the Flinders-street Presbyterian Church, is a native of Dundee, and is a son of Mr. George Davidson, 40, Perth-road. He was educated under Mr. George Clark, M.A., at the West End Academy, and began life in a merchant's office. After a few years he gave up commercial pursuits with the view of qualifying himself for the ministry of the United Presbyterian Church. He graduated at St. Andrews University; and obtained prizes in moral philosophy, natural philosophy, metaphysics, and' mathematics. After a distinguished career in the Theological Hall of the United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh, ho was called to Allars U.P. Church, Hawick, and during his thirteen years ministry there he has ably supported the temperance movement, the Liberal cause, and disestablishment. He will leave for Australia about the end of January. Our portrait is reproduced from a photo by Mr. G. A. Robinson, Hawick, given in the Dundee Advertiser.

THE REV. GEORGE DAVIDSON, M.A. (1897, November 20). Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), p. 16. Retrieved August 31, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162384830