Thomas Jackson Crawford, Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh

Biographical Summary

CRAWFORD, THOMAS JACKSON. ?-11/10/1875. Ref: 367. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Very Rev.
• Place of Birth: St Andrews, Fife.
• Place of Death: Genoa, Italy.
• Profession: Minister of Religion.
• Appointments Held: Minister of Cults, Glamis, then St Andrews Church, Edinburgh; Professor 1859-75, Divinity, Edinburgh University; Moderator 1867, Church of Scotland General Assembly.
• Schools and Tutors: The High School, Edinburgh.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA (St Andrews 1831).
• Postgraduate Studies: DD (St Andrews).
• Father: William Crawford, Professor of Moral Philosophy, United College, St Andrews.
• References: DNB 13, 1888, 55-6; Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 9, 1875-8, 17-20.
• Date of Election: 01/05/1871.
• Proposers: John Hutton Balfour (Billet 3/4/1871, 17/4/1871).
• Notes: Born 1812.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 216

Other References

• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VII, page 383