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Alexander R. MacEwen (1851–1916) was Scottish writer, minister, professor and Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland. He was born on 14 May 1856 at Edinburgh and was the son of Rev. Alexander MacEwen D.D., and Elisa Robertson. His childhood was spent in Helensburgh (1851–56) and he was then educated at Glasgow Academy (1856–66). He graduated M.A. at University of Glasgow in 1870, and was subsequently awarded B.D. (1879), and D.D. (1892). He attended Balliol College, Oxford (1870–74) and graduated M.A. in 1874. He spent a summer semester at University of Göttingen in 1877 and attended U.P. College, Edinburgh (1877–80). On 29 January 1885, he married Margaret Jane Begg of Moffat, and they had two sons. He travelled widely and visited Greece in 1883 and journeyed through Sinai and Palestine in 1892, writing many letters home about his experiences.〔David S. Cairns, ''Life and times of Alexander Robertson MacEwen, D.D.'' p.xii & ch.VIII, pp. 126–162.〕 He died in Edinburgh on 26 November 1916 and was buried with his wife, Margaret Jane, in an area remote from paths in the centre of Dean Cemetery. The grave is marked by a simple stone cross. == Career == * 1875-7 – Assistant to (George Gilbert Ramsay ) (1863–1906), Professor of Humanity at Glasgow University; * 1879 – Student missionary at United Presbyterian Church of Scotland at Colson Street, Leith Walk, Edinburgh; * May 1880 – Licensed by U.P. Presbytery of Glasgow; * Dec 1880 – Ordinated and inducted at Moffat U.P. Church; * 1881-4 – Classical Examiner for Degrees at Glasgow University;〔''A Roll of the Graduates of the University of Glasgow, from 1727 to 1897''〕 * Sep 1886 – Transferred to Glasgow Anderston U.P. Church; * Oct 1889 – Transferred to Glasgow Claremount U.P. Church; * May 1901 – Professor of Church history, New College, University of Edinburgh; * Deputy Professor of Greek; * Assistant Professor of Latin; * 1912 – Lecturer in Church history, Westminster College, Vancouver, Canada;〔According to his entry in ''The Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland''. This may be a reference to Douglas College in New Westminster.〕 * 1915 – Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Robertson MacEwen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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