Norman Maclean (moderator)

Very Rev Norman Maclean DD (1869–1952) was a 20th-century Scottish minister and religious author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1927.[1]

Life
St Cuthberts in Edinburgh
War Memorial Chapel, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh

He was the minister of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh from 1915 to 1936. In 1921 he was Convenor of the Scottish Churches Memorial Project overseeing war memorials across the country.[2] He was specifically involved in the creation of the very beautiful war memorial chapel in St Cuthberts, designed by the Glasgow architect, Peter MacGregor Chalmers.[3]

In 1927 he succeeded Very Rev John Donaldson McCallum as Moderator.

In 1929 he was Convenor of the Committee overseeing the reunification of the United Free Church of Scotland with the established Church of Scotland.[2]

In 1934 he was living at 6 Grosvenor Gardens in Edinburgh.[4]

He retired to Portree in Skye in 1936.

Publications
  • Dwellers in the Mist (1902)
  • Stand Up, Ye Dead (1916)
  • Hills of Home (1916)
  • The Message of Bethlehem (1926)
  • A Christmas Message (1929)
  • Services for Holy Week and Easter (1929)
  • Jerusalem, the Mother of us All (1939)
  • Christmas in Palestine (1940)
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References
  1. "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. "Ministers – Rev. Ninian Hill 1930-1931". standrewsjerusalem. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh, by Gifford McWilliam and Walker
  4. Berwickshire News and General advertiser, 6 March 1934



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