(1804-07-26)26 July 1804 Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died
3 November 1885(1885-11-03) (aged 81) Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Spouse
Margaret Chalmers Forbes
(m. 1842)
Children
8 including George
Alma mater
University of Aberdeen
Profession
Minister and Principal
William Robinson Pirie (1804–1885) was a Scottish minister who served as Principal of Aberdeen University. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1864, the highest position in the Church of Scotland. He actively campaigned for the cessation of the link between landowners and the church, generally termed “patronage” which officially ceased in UK in 1874.[1] He was the Principal of the University of Aberdeen from 1876-1885.
^Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pirie, William Robinson" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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