Daniel Lamont

The grave of Lamont, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh

Daniel Lamont (1870-1950) was a Church of Scotland Minister and academic. He was a Professor of Theology at New College, Edinburgh from 1927 to 1945; and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1936 to 1937.^[1]

Life[]

He was born in Bute^[2] and educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School and Glasgow University.

He was Minister at the New Laigh Kirk in Kilmarnock from 1900 to 1904,^[3] and also served in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Helensburgh.

He served as a Professor at New College, Edinburgh teaching Apologetics and Pastoral Theology. His students included Thomas F. Torrance who also later served as Moderator.^[4]

He died on 4 May 1950.^[5] He is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh towards the south-east.

Books[]

Studies in the Johannine Writings (1905 reprinted in 1956)
Fifty Two Sermons by the Rev William Howels, i.e. William Howels.

Notes[]

^ The Times, Saturday, 19 Oct 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47199; col F News in Brief Church of Scotland Moderator Nomination
^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1572041/The-Very-Rev-Professor-Thomas-Torrance.html
^ The Times, Saturday, 6 May 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51684; col D Obituary Very Rev. Professor Daniel Lamont

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[1] The Times, Saturday, 19 Oct 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47199; col F News in Brief Church of Scotland Moderator Nomination

[2] “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1572041/The-Very-Rev-Professor-Thomas-Torrance.html

[5] The Times, Saturday, 6 May 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51684; col D Obituary Very Rev. Professor Daniel Lamont

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1929–1950	John White Andrew Bogle John Graham Hugh Mackintosh Lauchlan Watt Peter Thomson Marshall Lang Daniel Lamont Dugald MacFarlane James Black Archibald Main James Forgan James Cockburn Charles Taylor John Baillie Edward Hagan Matthew Stewart Alexander Macdonald George Duncan
1950–1975	Hugh Watt William White Anderson George Johnstone Jeffrey James Pitt-Watson Ernest David Jarvis Robert Scott George MacLeod John Fraser Robert Shepherd John Burleigh Archibald Campbell Craig Nevile Davidson James Stuart Stewart Duncan Fraser Leonard Small William Roy Sanderson James Longmuir Thomas Murchison Hugh Douglas Andrew Herron Ronnie Selby Wright George T. H. Reid David Steel
1975–2000	James Gunn Matheson Thomas F. Torrance John Rodger Gray Peter Brodie Robert Barbour William Johnston Andrew Beveridge Doig John McIntyre Fraser McLuskey John M. K. Paterson Robert Craig Duncan Shaw Jim Whyte Bill McDonald Robert Davidson William Macmillan Hugh Wyllie James Weatherhead James Simpson James Harkness John McIndoe Sandy McDonald Alan Main John Cairns
Since 2000	Andrew McLellan John Miller Finlay Macdonald Iain Torrance Alison Elliot David Lacy Alan McDonald Sheilagh Kesting David Lunan William Hewitt John Christie David Arnott Albert Bogle Lorna Hood John Chalmers Angus Morrison Russell Barr Derek Browning Susan Brown Colin Sinclair Martin Fair Jim Wallace

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