David Stow Adam

David Stow Adam
Born(1859-02-09)9 February 1859
Langside, Glasgow, Scotland
Died31 January 1925(1925-01-31) (aged 65)
Canton (now Guangzhou), China
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Glasgow
Ormond College

David Stow Adam (9 February 1859 – 31 January 1925) was a Scottish minister and professor.

David was born near Langside in Glasgow to George Adam and Jane (née Constable), both schoolteachers. He matriculated to the University of Glasgow in 1874, receiving a Master of Arts degree in 1881 and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1884.[1] He also studied at Erlangen University.[2] Between 1881 and 1884, he taught logic and metaphysics at the University of Glasgow, later teaching Hebrew at Free Church Training College between 1885 and 1886.[3]

In 1886, Adam was ordained a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1907 he was appointed chair of systematic theology and church history at Ormond College, being inducted on 11 March.[3] Following his appointment, the college adopted a more progressive approach.[4] A pioneer in Australian ecumenism, he was elected president of the Council of Churches for Victoria in 1910.[5] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Glasgow on 25 June 1912.[6]

In 1916, Adam served as a Chaplain 4th Class of the Hospital Transport Corps in the First Australian Imperial Force.[7][8] In 1924, he left Australia with his wife in order to see his daughter in China;[2] he also planned to see Christianity in Asia. While in Canton, China, he contracted typhoid fever and pneumonia, dying on 31 January 1925.[3]

Family

Adam married Grace Paterson in 1890; they had five sons and one daughter.

References

  1. ^ A Roll of the Graduates of the University of Glasgow from 31st December, 1727 to 31st December, 1897. University of Glasgow. 1898. p. 2.
  2. ^ a b "Professor D. S. Adam". The Argus. Vol. 24, no. 490. 3 February 1925. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Chambers, Don (1979). "Adam, David Stow (1859–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions. Vol. III. 2017. p. 498. ISBN 9780191506673.
  5. ^ "Labor Problem Sunday". The Age. No. 17, 271. Victoria, Australia. 23 July 1910. p. 12. Retrieved 21 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of David Stow Adam". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ^ "David Stow Adam". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Adam D. S." heuristplus.sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 21 March 2022.