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of the Life and Character of Alexander
Christison, A.M.., late Professor of Human-
ity (Edinburgh, 1820). He compiled an
elaborate History of America which has
never been published.—[Hunter's Biggar.]
JOHN LEE,born 22nd Nov. 1779, son of
James L., weaver, Craenesshills, Tor-
woodlee Mains, and Helen Paterson ;
educated at the "Luggie," Clovenfords
(John Leyden being his teacher there),
and at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.D. (24th
June 1801); M.A. (St Andrews 1801);
amanuensis to " Jupiter Carlyle " 1804-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 16th July
1804; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh min.
of the Presbyterian congregation, Hanover
Street, London ; adm. min. of Peebles 7th
April 1808 ; Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History, St Mary's College,
St Andrews, 1812; and in 1820 Professor
of Moral Philosophy, King's College, Aber-
deen, his lectures there being delivered by
proxy ; adm. min. of Canongate,Edinburgh,
21st March 1823 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th
Dec. 1823); F.R.S.E. ; trans, to Lady
Yester's 17th Feb. 1825 ; principal clerk
of the General Assembly 1827 ; Chaplain
in Ordinary to George IV. 1830 ; pres. by
the Town Council July 1834 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Jan. 1835 ; Principal of the
United College, St Andrews, 12th June
1837, which he resigned in Nov. of same
year. On the establishment of a Board
in Scotland for printing and publishing
Bibles in 1839, he was selected as Secre-
tary, but declined to accept ; Principal of
the Univ. of Edinburgh 12th March 1840, a
Deanery of the Chapel Royal of Stirling
being annexed. He demitted his parochial
charge 30th Sept. 1840, was app. Pro-
fessor of Divinity at Edinburgh in 1843,
and Moderator of Assembly 16th May
1844; died 2nd May 1859. With vast
stores of varied and minute information
he had much ill-health, which destroyed
his energy and prevented him from accom-
plishing many cherished literary projects.
He is the "Archdeacon Meadow" of Hill
Burton's Book Hunter. He marr. (1) 5th
July 1813, Rose (born 4th Jan. 1792, died
23rd Oct. 1833), daugh. of Thomas Masson,
D.D., min. of Dunnichen, and had issue
—James, born 2nd May 1814, died 10th
July 1870 ; Thomas Masson, M.D., Indian
Army, born 24th Dec. 1815, died 30th Nov.
1858 ; William, min. of Roxburgh, and
afterwards Professor of Church History,
Glasgow Univ. ; John Johnston, born 13th
May 1819, died 17th Dec. 1828; Jane,
born 21st March 1821 ; Helen Agnes, born
28th Sept. 1822, died 28th Feb. 1831;
Isabella Euphemia, born 9th May 1824,
died 19th Oct. 1895 ; David Henry, born
20th Jan. 1826 ; Alexander Henderson,
C.E., India, born 9th Feb. 1828; Robert,
Procurator of the Church of Scotland,
Senator of the College of Justice, born 1st
April 1830, died 11th Oct. 1890; Rose
Masson, born 14th Oct. 1832, died 29th
May 1839 : (2) 30th June 1841, Charlotte
E. Wright, who died 19th March 1871.
Publications
—
Dissert. Med.,Inaug.De Viri-
bus Animi in Corpus Argentibus [gradua-
tion thesis] (Edinburgh, 1801) ; Six single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1809-29); Memorial
for the Bible Societies in Scotland, and
Additional Memorial (Edinburgh, 1824-6)
;
Letter relating to the Annuity Tax and
the Ecclesiastical Arrangements p>roposedfor
Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1834); Refutation
of the Charges brought against him by the
Rev.Dr Chalmers and Others, 2 parts (Edin-
burgh, 1837) ; Lectures on Church History,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1860 ; ed. by his son)
;
Lnaugural Addresses (Edinburgh, 1862; with
PrefatoryMemoirbyLord Neaves); Pastoral
Addresses of the General Assembly Edin-
burgh, 1864). He contributed a number
of articles to Brewster's Edinbui-gh Ency-
clopaedia ; edited Vita Rob. Rollock, for
the Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, 1826);
Wodrow's Life of James Wodroiv, A.M.
(Edinburgh, 1828); contributed Introduc-
tion to the Edinburgh Academic Annual
for 1840 ; edited Joceline's Mother's
Legacie to her Unborn Childe (Edinburgh,
1852), and contemplated editing the
Tracts of David Fergusson, which was
afterwards done for the Bannatyne Club
(Edinburgh, 1860) ; edited Journal of
Andrew Hart.—[Hogg's Instruct., Ander-
son's Sketches,Grant's Edin. University,Diet.
Nat. Biog., Craig-Brown's Selkirkshire.]