Scottish minister, theologian and academic (1706–1785)
William Leechman
Born
1706
Dolphinton, Lanarkshire
Died
December 1785 (aged 78–79)
Glasgow
Nationality
Scottish
Occupation(s)
Theologian, Professor, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Notable work
The Composition of the Ancients
Spouse
Bridget Balfour
Theological work
Tradition or movement
Church of Scotland
William Leechman or Leishman (1706–1785) was a Scottish minister, theologian and academic. He was Professor of Divinity and later Principal at Glasgow University.
WilliamLeechman or Leishman (1706–1785) was a Scottish minister, theologian and academic. He was Professor of Divinity and later Principal at Glasgow...
Leechman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Leechman, Lord Leechman (1906–1986), Scottish advocate and judge John Leechman (1803–1874)...
Pacific. A few years later, she appeared in the Broadway-bound production of William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba, but left the show before it reached Broadway...
including Principal WilliamLeechman and Professors Richardson and Taylor. Senior students issued a pamphlet A Statement of Fact against Leechman and the Faculty...
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William Dunlop (1690) 18th Century John Stirling (1701) Neil Campbell (1728) WilliamLeechman (1761) Archibald Davidson (1785) 19th Century William Taylor...
Die Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts, Bd. 1, Basel 2004, S. 125–139. WilliamLeechman, in: Helmut Holzhey, Vilem Mudroch (Hrsg.), Großbritannien, Nordamerika...
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minister of Old Greyfriars Kirk 1755 George Reid (St Quivox) 1757 WilliamLeechman (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)...
metaphysics at the Serampore College. Leechman was born in Glasgow and went to Bristol Baptist Academy (1825-29) under William Ward and then Glasgow University...
at Antrim, he went to Glasgow University, where he was a pupil of WilliamLeechman. After being licensed in 1767 by Templepatrick presbytery he became...
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addition to lives of his father (1862), Professor Robert Lee (1870) and William Carstares (1876), he published a devotional book Christ the Consoler; a...
William Dunlop (1690) 18th Century John Stirling (1701) Neil Campbell (1728) WilliamLeechman (1761) Archibald Davidson (1785) 19th Century William Taylor...
1783 Lindsey explained to William Turner his reasons for not supporting Wakefield as a replacement for the ailing WilliamLeechman at Glasgow. Wakefield at...
Principal himself is not always an academic, as was the case with Sir William Kerr Fraser and Sir Muir Russell. (*) = denotes alumnus Principal (university)...
matriculated in 1744, and was a favourite pupil of Francis Hutcheson and WilliamLeechman. On completing his studies he succeeded Charles Owen, D.D., as minister...
of the tolbooths at Lanark, Jedburgh, Ayr and Glasgow; a young boy, WilliamLeechman, subsequently took down the remains from the Lanark Tolbooth and properly...
William Dunlop (1690) 18th Century John Stirling (1701) Neil Campbell (1728) WilliamLeechman (1761) Archibald Davidson (1785) 19th Century William Taylor...
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