Daniel Lamont
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Daniel Lamont (1870-1950) was a Church of Scotland Minister and academic. He was a Professor of Theology at New College, Edinburgh from 1927 to 1945; and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1936 to 1937.The Times, Saturday, 19 Oct 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47199; col F News in Brief Church of Scotland Moderator Nomination
Life
He was born in Bute“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School{{cite book | title=Glasgow Art Review | publisher=Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums Association. | issue=v. 1 | year=1946 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUzrAAAAMAAJ | access-date=17 Jan 2023 | page=}} and Glasgow University.
He was Minister at the New Laigh Kirk in Kilmarnock from 1900 to 1904,{{Cite web |url=http://www.new-laigh-kirk.org.uk/index.php/59-west-high-kirk |title=Home |access-date=16 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055253/http://www.new-laigh-kirk.org.uk/index.php/59-west-high-kirk |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} and also served in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Helensburgh.
He served as a Professor at New College, Edinburgh teaching Apologetics and Pastoral Theology. His students included Thomas F. Torrance who also later served as Moderator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1572041/The-Very-Rev-Professor-Thomas-Torrance.html|title = The Very Rev Professor Thomas Torrance}}
He died on 4 May 1950.The Times, Saturday, 6 May 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51684; col D Obituary Very Rev. Professor Daniel Lamont He is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh towards the south-east.
Books
- Studies in the Johannine Writings (1905 reprinted in 1956)
- Fifty Two Sermons by the Rev William Howels, i.e. William Howels.
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