John Caird (theologian)

For other people of the same name, see John Caird (disambiguation).

John Caird FRSE (December 15, 1820 – July 30, 1898) was a theologian, born at Greenock and educated at Greenock Academy and Glasgow University (MA 1845). He entered the Church of Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers.

After being a minister at Newton-on-Ayr, at Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh (1847-9), and at Errol, Perthshire (1849-57), he was transferred to Park Church, Glasgow (1857-62), becoming in 1862 Professor of Divinity at the University (1862-73), and in 1873 Principal (1873-98).

A sermon on Religion in Common Life, preached before Queen Victoria, made him known throughout the Protestant world. He wrote an Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (1880), and a vol. on Spinoza (1888).

Caird delivered the 1892-1896 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, entitled The Fundamental Ideas of Christianity.

His father was John Caird, the proprietor of Caird & Company.^[1] His brother was the philosopher, Edward Caird.

References

^ "Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002". Royal Society of Edinburgh. http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp1.pdf. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Caird, John.

Works by Caird, on the Internet Archive
Biography and Summary of Gifford Lectures by Dr Brannon Hancock

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Barclay	Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow 1873 to 1898	Succeeded by Professor Robert Story

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Name	Caird, John
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Date of birth	December 15, 1820
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Date of death	July 30, 1898
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