Tulloch, John

Epithet: of Inverness

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Epithet: DD, Principal of St Andrews University

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234

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The Scottish theologian John Tulloch was born on 1 June 1823 at Dron, near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire. He was educated in Perth and at Madras College, St. Andrews, and he studied at St. Andrews University and at Edinburgh University. He was licensed as a preacher by Perth presbytery in 1844 and in 1845 was ordained as a Minister at St. Paul's, Dundee. In 1847 Tulloch went to Germany, visiting Hamburg, Berlin, and Wittenberg, and the year following he began literary work writing for periodicals. In 1849 he became Minister at Kettins, Angus, where he stayed until 1854. During this time he continued writing too, and in 1854 he was appointed to the post of Principal and Primarius Professor of Theology at St. Mary's College, St. Andrews University. In 1858 Tulloch went to Paris and established a church there for Scottish residents of the city, and later in the year he visited Germany again. In 1859 he delivered a series of lectures on Luther and other leaders of the Reformation at the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, and the same year he was appointed as one of Her Majesty's chaplains in Scotland. By the time of his appointment in 1875 as Chief Clerk of the General Assembly, Tulloch had become the most prominent churchman in Scotland, and in 1878 he was Moderator of the General Assembly. In 1882 he became Dean of the Chapel Royal and Dean of the Thistle. John Tulloch died in Torquay on 13 February 1886.

From the guide to the Letters of John Tulloch (1823-1886), 1862-1882, (Edinburgh University Library)

Epithet: Representative of Kintore at the Convention of Scottish Burghs

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