Robert Gordon (minister)
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Robert Gordon FRSE (5 May 1786 – 21 October 1853) was a Scottish minister and author. Originally prominent in the Church of Scotland, and serving as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1841, following the Disruption of 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland and became a prominent figure in that church.[6]
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Robert Gordon | |
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Church | Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 May 1786 |
Died | 21 October 1853 |
minister of Kinfaunds[1] | |
In office 21 October 1853 – January 1824 | |
minister of St. Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease, Edinburgh[2] | |
In office January 1824 – 5 January 1824 | |
minister of Hope Park Chapel, Newington[3] | |
In office 5 January 1824 – 8 September 1825 | |
minister of New North, Edinburgh[4] | |
In office 8 September 1825 – 9 September 1830 | |
minister of St Giles[5] | |
In office 9 September 1830 – 4 November 1846 | |
Moderator of the General Assembly | |
In office 1841–1842 | |
minister of Free New North, Edinburgh[5] | |
In office 18 May 1843 – 21 October 1853 | |
Professor of Divinity, New College[5] | |
In office 1847 – 21 October 1853 | |
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He was the inventor of a self-registering hygrometer.[7]