James Cooper (minister)

James Cooper (1846–1922) was a Church of Scotland minister and church historian.[1]

Life

He was the son of John Alexander Cooper, a local merchant and farmer, born in Elgin, Moray.[1] He studied at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen University, graduating M.A. in 1867.[2] He was minister at Broughty Ferry near Dundee, and then in Aberdeen, being appointed in 1899 by Glasgow University as Professor of Ecclesiastical History.[3]

In 1917 Cooper acted as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was active in the foundation of the Scottish Church Society and Scottish Ecclesiological Society.[1]

Notes
  1. "MS 2283 Dr James Cooper, minister and Professor of Church History, Glasgow University: collection of diaries, Archives and Manuscripts - Special Collections - University of Aberdeen". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. Murray, D. M. "Cooper, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32551. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James Cooper". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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