Name William Hetherington Role Poet | Died May 23, 1865 | |
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Books History of the Westmins, History of the Church of Scotlan, The Apologetics of the Chr | ||
Education University of Edinburgh | ||
Rev Prof William Maxwell Hetherington DD LLD (4 June 1803 – 23 May 1865) was a Scottish minister, poet and church historian.
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Life
He was born in the parish of Troqueer, near Dumfries. After a parish school education, he was intended for a career as gardener, but entered the University of Edinburgh in 1822, Hetherington became minister of Torphichen, Linlithgow, in 1836; in the same year he married Jennie, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Meek of Hamilton.
In 1843 he adhered to the Free Church of Scotland, and in 1844 was appointed to a charge in St Andrews. He became minister of Free St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, in 1848. In Edinburgh he lived at 27 Minto Street.
In 1857 he was appointed professor of apologetics and systematic theology in the Free Church College, Glasgow.
He then lived at 13 Oakfield Terrace in Glasgow.
He is buried with his wife Jessie Meek, who had died in 1851, on the north edge of the north-west section of Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh under a huge granite Celtic cross by John Rhind.
Works
Before completing his studies for the church he published, in 1829, Twelve Dramatic Sketches' founded on the Pastoral Poetry of Scotland, with delineations of scenery and manners.
Besides his poems Hetherington published:
In 1844 Hetherington established the Free Church Magazine, which he edited for four years. He also contributed to religious periodicals, especially the British and Foreign Evangelical Review, and published sermons, poems, and some shorter religious works.