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James Cooper (1846–1922) was a Church of Scotland minister and church historian.
Life
He was the son of John Alexander Cooper, a local merchant and farmer, born in Elgin, Moray. He studied at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen University, graduating M.A. in 1867. He was minister at Broughty Ferry near Dundee, and then in Aberdeen, being appointed in 1899 by Glasgow University as Professor of Ecclesiastical History.
In 1917 Cooper acted as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was active in the foundation of the Scottish Church Society and Scottish Ecclesiological Society.
References
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