biography
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| (1870–1944)
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| biography:
| Theologian and scholar, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. Ordained a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in 1896, he became professor at Mansfield College, Oxford (1911–14) and the United Free Church College, Glasgow (1914–27), then professor of church history at Union Theological Seminary, New York City (1927–39). His most famous work is the translation of the Bible into modern English: his New Testament was published in 1913, and his Old Testament in 1924. |
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