Adam Cleghorn Welch

British biblical scholar
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Born:
May 14, 1864, Goshen, Jamaica
Died:
Feb. 19, 1943, Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scot. (aged 78)

Adam Cleghorn Welch (born May 14, 1864, Goshen, Jamaica—died Feb. 19, 1943, Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scot.) was one of the greatest Scottish biblical scholars. The son of a United Presbyterian missionary, he attended Edinburgh University (1879–83) and the United Presbyterian Hall (1883–85), spending the summer term of 1885 at Erlangen, Ger. As minister of Waterbeck (1887–92), Helensburgh (1892–1902), and Claremont, Glasgow (1902–13), he became known as a preacher. He played a notable part in the negotiations that led to the reunion of the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland in 1929. Appointed professor of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis ...(100 of 204 words)