1. Patrick Fairbairn was a Scottish Free Church minister and theologian.
12 Facts About Patrick Fairbairn
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Patrick Fairbairn was born in Halyburton, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, on 28 January 1805.
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Patrick Fairbairn was educated at Greenlaw School and studied at the University of Edinburgh at the age of 13.
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Patrick Fairbairn graduated in 1826 and was licensed to preach by Presbytery of Duns on 3 October 1826.
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Patrick Fairbairn began employment as a tutor in the family of Captain Balfour of Balfour and was ordained to Ringansay in Orkney on 28 July 1830 and remained there for six years.
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Patrick Fairbairn translated to the Extension Church at Bridgeton, Glasgow on 16 March 1837.
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Patrick Fairbairn then lived at 25 Bon Accord Terrace in Aberdeen.
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Patrick Fairbairn held these positions until his death in 1874.
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Patrick Fairbairn was elected Moderator of the General Assembly in 1864, succeeding Rev Roderick McLeod, and was succeeded in turn in 1865 by Rev James Begg.
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Patrick Fairbairn wrote commentaries on Ezekiel and the Pastoral epistles, and edited the Imperial Bible Dictionary.
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Patrick Fairbairn died at home, 13 Elmbank Crescent, in west Glasgow.
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Patrick Fairbairn is buried against the north wall of the Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh with his wives Mary Playfair and Frances Eliza Turnbull.