John Gowdie

John Gowdie

John Gowdie (1682 - 1762) [http://www.nahste.ac.uk/pers/g/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P2232/] was a Scottish academic and Church of Scotland minister.

He was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1754 to 1762, having previously been a Professor of Divinity there. In 1733, he was appointed Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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