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Thomas Liddell
Canadian minister and academic
Thomas Liddell (October 18, 1800 – June 11, 1880) was the first Principal of Queen's University, then Queen's College.
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Queen's Founder Rev. Dr. Thomas Liddell | |
| Born | (1800-10-18)October 18, 1800 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Died | June 11, 1880(1880-06-11) (aged 79) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Liddell was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1800, the son of John Liddell and his wife Janet Martin. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow.[1]
He moved from Montrose Chapel of Ease to Lady Glenorchy's Church in Edinburgh in December 1831. He worked alongside the elderly Rev Thomas Snell Jones.[2] His senior, James Bonar WS, was at this time organising the physical relocation of the church due to the known coming of Waverley Railway Station. The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity in 1841.[3]
In 1841, he left Edinburgh for Canada where he was appointed the first Principal of Queen's College, Kingston. Here he worked with only one other member of staff, Peter Colin Campbell. Due to issues arising from the Disruption of 1843 in Scotland, funding dried up. Liddell resigned in 1846 and returned to Scotland.[1]
He was minister of Lochmaben in Dumfries and Galloway from 1850 to 1880. He died in Edinburgh on 11 June 1880.[3]
He was married to Susan Ann Jane Stewart, with whom he had two daughters.[3]
A street in Kingston, Ontario is named for him.
- Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
- "The Rev Thomas Liddell". Archived from the original on 23 November 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2006.
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Principal of Queen's College at Kingston 1841–1846 |
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