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| − | '''James Knox (d. 1633)''' taught as a Regent at Edinburgh University from 1598 to 1605. He was the son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably a grand-nephew of John Knox the Reformer. He studied under George Robertson at Edinburgh University and graduated MA on 28 July 1596. Upon the resignation of Charles Ferme in 1598, James Knox was appointed as a Regent and saw two classes through to graduatin in 1601 and 1605. Among Knox's students in this second class was the poet [[William Drummond of Hawthornden]], who became one of the University's earliest private benefactors through a major [[William Drummond of Hawthornden's Donation of Books to Edinburgh University Library, 1626|donation of books]] to the [[Library|University Library]] in 1626. | + | '''James Knox (d. 1633)''' taught as a Regent at Edinburgh University from 1598 to 1605. He was the son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably a grand-nephew of John Knox the Reformer. He studied under [[George Robertson]] at Edinburgh University and graduated MA on 28 July 1596. Upon the resignation of [[Charles Ferme]] in 1598, James Knox was appointed as a Regent and saw two classes through to graduatin in 1601 and 1605. Among Knox's students in this second class was the poet [[William Drummond of Hawthornden]], who became one of the University's earliest private benefactors through a major [[William Drummond of Hawthornden's Donation of Books to Edinburgh University Library, 1626|donation of books]] to the [[Library|University Library]] in 1626. |
MA Edinburgh. Regent, University of Edinburgh, admitted to charge of Kelso (also in the charge: vicarage of Maxwell). Appointed constant Moderator of Presbytery by the Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606. Member of Assembly, 1610, 1618. Demitted shortly before his death in Agust 1633. 'He used as a dwelling-place vaults inthe ruined abbey, one as a hall and kitchen, another as a bedchamber and closet. | MA Edinburgh. Regent, University of Edinburgh, admitted to charge of Kelso (also in the charge: vicarage of Maxwell). Appointed constant Moderator of Presbytery by the Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606. Member of Assembly, 1610, 1618. Demitted shortly before his death in Agust 1633. 'He used as a dwelling-place vaults inthe ruined abbey, one as a hall and kitchen, another as a bedchamber and closet. | ||
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James Knox (d. 1633) taught as a Regent at Edinburgh University from 1598 to 1605. He was the son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably a grand-nephew of John Knox the Reformer. He studied under George Robertson at Edinburgh University and graduated MA on 28 July 1596. Upon the resignation of Charles Ferme in 1598, James Knox was appointed as a Regent and saw two classes through to graduatin in 1601 and 1605. Among Knox's students in this second class was the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, who became one of the University's earliest private benefactors through a major donation of books to the University Library in 1626.
MA Edinburgh. Regent, University of Edinburgh, admitted to charge of Kelso (also in the charge: vicarage of Maxwell). Appointed constant Moderator of Presbytery by the Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606. Member of Assembly, 1610, 1618. Demitted shortly before his death in Agust 1633. 'He used as a dwelling-place vaults inthe ruined abbey, one as a hall and kitchen, another as a bedchamber and closet.
Hew Scott, vol. II, 1917, 71
Sources
- A Catalogue of the Graduates in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, and Law, of the University of Edinburgh since its Foundation (Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, 1858)
- Andrew Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh from its Foundation (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862)
- Hew Scott, Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, vol. II (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1917)