Hill, George, 1750-1819

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Name (Latin)
Hill, George, 1750-1819
Name (Arabic)
هيل، جورج، 1750-1819
Date of birth
1750-05-22
Date of death
1819-12-19
Occupation
Clergy
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 56178229
Wikidata: Q5540606
Library of congress: no 92014141
Sources of Information
  • Fasti ecclesiae Scoticanae, 1928:vol. 7, p. 422 (George Hill; b. 22 May, 1750; d. 19 Dec., 1819)
  • His A view of the constitution of the Church of Scotland, 1817:t.p. (George Hill, D.D., principal of St. Mary's Coll., St. Andrews)
  • MoSU-L/NLT files(hdg.: Hill, George, 1750-1819)
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Wikipedia description:

George Hill FRSE (27 May 1750–19 November 1819) was a Minister of St Andrews. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1789, but an active member for much longer, where he succeeded William Robertson as leader of the Moderates. He was Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews as well as Dean of the Chapel Royal and Dean of the Order of the Thistle.

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