Papers of John Caird, 1820-1898, theologian and Principal, University of Glasgow, Scotland

• Correspondence c1870
• Lecture notes 1863-1865

John Caird was born in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, in 1820 . He was the brother of the philosopher Professor Edward Caird. John Caird was educated in Greenock and received his MA from the University of Glasgow , Scotland, in 1845 . In 1847  he was Minister at the Parish of Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, Scotland and then from 1849  at Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, where he stayed until 1857 . In 1857, he was appointed to be the minister of Park Church, Glasgow, it was also in this year that he preached before Queen Victoria at Balmoral, Royal Deeside, Scotland. In 1860, he was awarded an honorary degree of DD from the University of Glasgow, and in 1862  he was appointed Professor of Divinity at the same university. John Caird was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in 1873 . He was awarded an honorary degree of LLD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1884 . He published many works, including the Introduction to the philosophy of religion (1880 ). He died in 1898 .

Source: Dictionary of National Biography, (London, 1903)

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

Open

Ms Gen 510/19-20: Purchased, 1960, ACCN 4107; MS Gen 749: Gifted, 1978, ACCN 4330

Scotland is the location of all place names in the administrative/biographical history element, unless otherwise stated.

Item level descriptions are available via the department's online manuscripts catalogue available at the University of Glasgow Library, Department of Special Collections http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/, searching by the call numbers MS Gen 510/19-20 and MS Gen 749.

No known copies

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Special Collections.

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0247 procedures

Ms Gen 510/19-20: Held by Edward Hall until 1960; MS Gen 749: Held by Mrs G F MacKinnon until 1978

None expected

GB 247 MS Gen 509/19-20, Letters of John Caird ( University of Glasgow Library, Department of Special Collections http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/); GB 0233 MSS4111-4714, Correspondence with Blackwoods, 1855-1897 (National Library of Scotland – manuscripts division). For contact details of all repositories with a GB code, see the Archon repository search page, at the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

This material is original

No known publications using this material

Compiled by Elaine MacGillivray, Archive Assistant, July 2003