James MacGregor (minister)

James MacGregor (6 January 1829 – 8 October 1894) was a New Zealand presbyterian minister and theologian. He was born in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland on 6 January 1829.[1]

After serving in Barry (1856-1861) and Paisley (1861-1868) as a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, he was elected and succeeded Professor James Buchanan as the Chair of Systematic Theology at New College, Edinburgh. In 1881, MacGregor and his family migrated to New Zealand after 13 years in that chair in Edinburgh. He carried on his ministry in Oamaru until he died in 1894.[2]

References

Breward, Ian. "James MacGregor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Keddie, John W. (2011). "Professor James MacGregor: Theological and Practical Writings, 1868-1881" (PDF). Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal. 1: 109–127. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

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[DNZB_MacGregor-1] Breward, Ian. "James MacGregor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[2] Keddie, John W. (2011). "Professor James MacGregor: Theological and Practical Writings, 1868-1881" (PDF). Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal. 1: 109–127. Retrieved 2 January 2021.