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'''Dugald Mackichan''' [[FRSE]] (1851–1932) was a Scottish minister and missionary in [[India]]. He was also a physicist. He was Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Bombay]] 1888 to 1891 and '''Mackichan Hall''' there is named in his honour. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the [[United Free Church of Scotland]] in 1917. | |||
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In initially studying science, he graduated MA in 1869 from [[Glasgow University]]. He then studied divinity and graduated [[Bachelor of Divinity|BD]] in 1874.<ref name="gla">{{cite web|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH13877&type=P|publisher=universitystory.gla.ac.uk|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Dugald Mackichan|access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> | In initially studying science, he graduated MA in 1869 from [[Glasgow University]]. He then studied divinity and graduated [[Bachelor of Divinity|BD]] in 1874.<ref name="gla">{{cite web|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH13877&type=P|publisher=universitystory.gla.ac.uk|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Dugald Mackichan|access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> | ||
In 1874 he went to India and joined the [[University of Bombay]] to lecture in physics and religious studies. He was principal of Wilson College 1884–1920. He served as Vice Chancellor of the university for three years during his tenure. In 1898 he attended the [[Solar eclipse|total solar eclipse]] of [[Solar eclipse of January 22, 1898|January 22]] as part of [[Kavasji Naegamvala|K D Naegamvala’s]] observing expedition.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Naegamvala|first=kavasji Dadabhai|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.212767|title=Report On The Total Solar Eclipse Of January 21-22,1898 As Observed At Jeur In Western India|date=1902}}</ref> He returned to | In 1874 he went to India and joined the [[University of Bombay]] to lecture in physics and religious studies. He was principal of Wilson College 1884–1920. He served as Vice Chancellor of the university for three years during his tenure. In 1898 he attended the [[Solar eclipse|total solar eclipse]] of [[Solar eclipse of January 22, 1898|January 22]] as part of [[Kavasji Naegamvala|K D Naegamvala’s]] observing expedition.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Naegamvala|first=kavasji Dadabhai|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.212767|title=Report On The Total Solar Eclipse Of January 21-22,1898 As Observed At Jeur In Western India|date=1902}}</ref> | ||
He received two honorary doctorates: DD in 1884 and LLD in 1901.<ref>https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH13877&type=P</ref> | |||
He returned to Scotland and became a minister of the [[United Free Church of Scotland]], being elected its Moderator in 1917 and being succeeded in 1918 by Rev [[Robert James Drummond]] of the Lothian Road UF Church. | |||
In 1926 he was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were Sir [[James Alfred Ewing]], Sir [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]], Sir [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] and [[Charles Glover Barkla]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref> He died on 7 April 1932. | In 1926 he was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were Sir [[James Alfred Ewing]], Sir [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]], Sir [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] and [[Charles Glover Barkla]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref> He died on 7 April 1932. | ||
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Dugald Mackichan FRSE (1851–1932) was a Scottish minister and missionary in India. He was also a physicist. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay 1888 to 1891 and Mackichan Hall there is named in his honour. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland in 1917.
Life[edit | edit source]
He was born in Glasgow in 1851 the son of Alexander Mackichan, a tobacco and snuff merchant, living at 277 Argyle Street.[1] He attended Glasgow High School.
In initially studying science, he graduated MA in 1869 from Glasgow University. He then studied divinity and graduated BD in 1874.[2]
In 1874 he went to India and joined the University of Bombay to lecture in physics and religious studies. He was principal of Wilson College 1884–1920. He served as Vice Chancellor of the university for three years during his tenure. In 1898 he attended the total solar eclipse of January 22 as part of K D Naegamvala’s observing expedition.[3]
He received two honorary doctorates: DD in 1884 and LLD in 1901.[4]
He returned to Scotland and became a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, being elected its Moderator in 1917 and being succeeded in 1918 by Rev Robert James Drummond of the Lothian Road UF Church.
In 1926 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir James Alfred Ewing, Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Charles Glover Barkla.[5] He died on 7 April 1932.
He is buried with his wife in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies under the trees in the south-west inner section.
Publications[edit | edit source]
- The Missionary Ideal in the Scottish Churches (1927)
- Forty-five Years in India (1934)
Family[edit | edit source]
In 1877 he was married to the missionary, Eliza MacRitchie (died 1920) daughter of Rev Malcolm Ritchie.[6]
His daughter married a Rev Dr Williamson, an American missionary in India.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1851
- ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Dugald Mackichan". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ Naegamvala, kavasji Dadabhai (1902). Report On The Total Solar Eclipse Of January 21-22,1898 As Observed At Jeur In Western India.
- ↑ https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH13877&type=P
- ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ↑ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church