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See also:MILLIGAN, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1821-1892) , Scottish theologian, was See also:born on the 15th of See also:March 1821, the eldest son of the Rev. See also:George Milligan and his wife See also:Janet See also:Fraser. He was educa ted at the High School, See also:Edinburgh, and, from the See also:age of fourteen, at the university of St See also:Andrews, where he graduated in 1839. In 1843 at the disruption he took the See also:side of those who remained in the See also:Establishment, and in 1844 became See also:minister of See also:Cameron in Fifeshire. In 1845, his See also:health having given way, he went to See also:Germany, and studied at the university of See also:Halle. After his return to See also:Scotland and his resumption of his clerical duties he began to write articles on Biblical and See also:critical subjects for various reviews. This led to his See also:appointment in 186o to the professorship of Biblical See also:criticism in the university of See also:Aberdeen. In 187o he was appointed one of the See also:committee for the revision of the See also:translation of•the New Testament. His fervent piety, and his wide See also:interest in educational and social questions, extended his See also:influence far beyond the circle of theologians. His contributions to periodical literature for many years were numerous and valuable; but his reputation chiefly rests on his See also:works on the Resurrection (1890) and See also:Ascension of our See also:Lord (1892), his See also:Baird lectures (1886) on the See also:Revelation of St See also:John, and his Discussions (1893) on that See also:book. All these volumes are distinguished by See also:great learning and acuteness, as well as by breadth and originality of view. He died on the 11th of See also:December 1892.
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