Archibald Main, was a Scottish ecclesiastical historian, Church of Scotland minister, military chaplain, and academic.
21 Facts About Archibald Main
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Archibald Main served as Chaplain to the King from 1925 and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1939 to 1940.
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Archibald Main was educated at Garnethill Public School in Glasgow.
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Archibald Main then studied philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and graduated with a first-class undergraduate Master of Arts degree in 1899.
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Archibald Main won the Stanhope Prize in 1903 for an essay on Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Archibald Main was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland on 28 April 1904.
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Archibald Main then served as Minister of St Madoes Church, Glencarse, in the Presbytery of Perth until 1912.
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Archibald Main was called to a different church in April 1912, and served as Minister of Old Kilpatrick Church, Dunbartonshire, until 1915.
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Archibald Main officially took up the position of Moderator on 23 May, at that start of 1939 General Assembly.
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Archibald Main was elected Minister of Kirkbean Church in the Presbytery of Dumfries in 1942.
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Archibald Main retired from full-time ministry on 13 February 1946 due to ill health.
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In May 1925, Archibald Main was appointed by King George V as a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Scotland.
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Archibald Main was re-appointed to that position by King Edward VIII, and by King George VI.
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Archibald Main acted as an examiner at the University of St Andrews in political economy between 1906 and 1908, and political economy and modern history between 1912 and 1914.
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Archibald Main succeeded John Herkless who had been appointed principal of the university.
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Archibald Main was the Baird Lecturer from 1935 to 1936.
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Archibald Main stepped down from that Regius Chair in September 1942.
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Archibald Main later transferred to the 7th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Highlanders, Volunteer Force.
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Archibald Main then served in the 9th Volunteer Battalion Royal Highlanders until the end of the war.
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In July 1919, Archibald Main was made an Honorary Chaplain in recognition of his war service.
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On 30 June 1921, Archibald Main was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by his alma mater.