John Main (minister)

Rev John Main DD FRSE (1728–1795) was a Scottish minister who was one of the co-founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.[1]

Life

He was born in Edinburgh in 1728.

He studied divinity at St Andrews University and was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1753 being ordained as minister of Newton, West Lothian.

He died in Newton on 13 May 1795.[2]

References

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.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1795

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[1] 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.

[2] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1795