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James Robertson

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Church of Scotland minister and religious controversialist

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According to Wikipedia, James Robertson FRSE was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was also a noted chemist. Life He was born on 2 January 1803 at Ardlaw Farm near Old Pitsligo in Aberdeenshire, the son of Barbara Anderson and her husband, William Robertson, farmer. He was educated at Pitsligo and Tyrie parish schools. He then studied mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with an MA in 1820. In 1821 he began studying divinity and graduated a second time in 1825. Ordained to preach by the Church of Scotland he began preaching at Deer, Aberdeenshire in July 1825. He also ran a village school in Pitsligo.

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