Maxwell Nicholson
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Jonah Maxwell Nicholson (30 July 1818 – 30 December 1874) was a Scottish minister and author.
Life
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He was born in Whithorn in south-west Scotland on 30 July 1818Edinburgh Evening News 31 Dec 1874 He was the fourth of nine children of Mary Kirkpatrick and her husband, Rev Christopher Nicholson (1780-1867).{{cite web |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE/2012-04/1333569073 |title=RootsWeb: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-L [WIG LIST] Benjamin Nicholson (ca 1722) Dumfries |website=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915150740/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE/2012-04/1333569073 |archive-date=2016-09-15}}
He studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh.Fifeshire Advertiser 2 Jan 1875 In 1849 he was minister of Pencaitland in East Lothian.Elgin Courant 22 June 1849 He was minister first of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile and latterly (from June 1867) of St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, EdinburghFife Herald 31 Dec 1874 in replacement of Rev Dr Muir.
In 1866 he is noted as being seriously injured in a fall from his gig near Tranent railway station.Dundee Advertiser 27 Feb 1866
He lived at 3 Regent Terrace for most of his later life but moved to 7 Royal Circus in 1874.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directories 1872 to 1874 He died there in the early hours of 30 December 1874.Dundee Courier, 31 December 1874 He is buried in the south-west section of the original section of Grange Cemetery.
Publications
- Preparation for the Coming of the Son of Man
- Baptism, its Nature, Efficacy and Improvement (1850)
- The Christian Conflict (1861)
- The Heavenly Jerusalem (1866)
- The Faithful Pastor (1869)
- Family Prayers (1874)
- Redeeming the Time and Other Sermons (1875)
- Rest In Jesus (posthumous 1877)
- Communion with Heaven and Other Sermons (posthumous 1877)
Family
References
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Scottish non-fiction writers