Profile
James Orr
Minister + Professor + Defender
Male
Born
1844
Died
Sep 6, 1913
James Orr was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and professor of church history and then theology. He was an influential defender of evangelical doctrine and a contributor to The Fundamentals.
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CHILDHOOD
1844
Birth
Born in 1844.
TWENTIES
1865
21 Years Old
Orr was born in Glasgow and spent his childhood in Manchester and Leeds. He was orphaned and became an apprentice bookbinder, but went on to enter Glasgow University in 1865.
1870
26 Years Old
In 1870, he obtained an M.A. in Philosophy of Mind, and after graduating from the theological college of the Presbyterian Church, he was ordained a minister in Hawick.
FORTIES
1885
41 Years Old
In 1885 he received a D.D. from Glasgow University, and in the early 1890s delivered a series of lectures that later became the influential The Christian View of God and the World.
1891
47 Years Old
He was appointed professor of Church history in 1891 at the theological college of the United Presbyterian Church.
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FIFTIES
1900
56 Years Old
After they joined in 1900, he moved to Free Church College (now Trinity College), as professor of apologetics and theology.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1913
69 Years Old
Died in 1913.
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