Rev. David Dickson

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Husband Rev. David Dickson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1583-1591
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         Father: John Dickson (      -      ) 2 3
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1 M Alexander Dickson ¹

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2 M John Dickson ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. David Dickson

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He was born possibly in 1591, probably as early as 1583, as the exact date can not positively be stated. He was educated in the University of Glasgow, where he became a professor in 1641, remaining in that position until 1651, where he accepted a similar position in the Edinburgh University. He was appointed minister to Irvine in 1618, and of him it has been said: "The Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh was truly a great man; the Professor of Divinity at Glasgow was a greater man; but the minister of Irvine was the greatest man of all." His repudiation of the Five Articles of Perth, as issued by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1618, won for him much persecution, as well as great honor. He was pre-eminently a scholar, a preacher, a worthy Scotchman, as his biography and writings show. In all there are seven works, the offspring of his master intellect. A sketch of his life was issued by the committee of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. [CBRWC, 159]

Rev. David Dickson was a professor in Glasgow (Scotland) University, 1642-57; he was born in 1791, died in 1663. [GPHBC, 1071]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 159.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1274.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 156.