Letters of Professor the Reverend James Stalker (1848-1927)
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-658
- Dates of Creation:1881-1900
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- Language of Material:English.
- Physical Description:3 letters, 1 portrait photograph. Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
Scope and Content
The material is composed of letters to Sir W. R. Nicoll and others. Also a halftone portrait photograph.
Administrative / Biographical History
The Scottish Free Church divine, author, and historian James Stalker was born in Crieff on 21 February 1848. He studied at Edinburgh University and at Halle and Berlin, and also at New College, Edinburgh. He became Minister of St. Brycedale Church, Kirkcaldy, in 1874, and then of St. Matthew's, Glasgow, 1887. Stalker lectured at Yale in 1891, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1904, and in Richmond, Virginia, in 1914. He was Professor of Church History in the United Free Church College, Aberdeen, 1902. Professor the Reverend James Stalker died on 5 February 1927.
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Note
The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the following material: (1) Who was who 1916-1928. 3rd edition. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1962.
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.
Other Finding Aids
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