GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1195
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1321)
Name
George Gillespie
Gender
Male
Denomination
Presbyterian
Lived
b. 1613-01-21 d. 1648-12-17 (new)
Linked Sermons
Why Christmas Day must not be obserued
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
Jeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 10735)
Other note
Either matriculated or granted M.A. from St Andrews in 1629. Member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, where, along with other Scottish ministers, he opposed the observance of Christmas (see "Christmas Day as a Fast," Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, vol. 56, no. 1470 [29 December 1883]: pp. 827-828).
Attached URL
https://books.google.ca/books?id=uCtJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA827#v=onepage&q&f=false "Christmas Day as a Fast," Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, vol. 56, no. 1470 (29 December 1883): pp. 827-828).
GEMMS record created
March 21, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
September 8, 2024