John Main (minister)
Rev John Main DD FRSE (1728–1795) was a Scottish minister who was one of the co-founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.[1]
Life[]
He was born in Edinburgh in 1728.
He studied divinity at St Andrews University and was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1753 being ordained as minister of Newton, West Lothian.
He died in Newton on 13 May 1795.[2]
References[]
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1795
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- 1728 births
- 1795 deaths
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
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