Adam Cleghorn Welch

Adam Cleghorn Welch (born May 14, 1864, Goshen, Jamaica—died Feb. 19, 1943, Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scot.) was one of the greatest Scottish biblical scholars. The son of a United Presbyterian missionary, he attended Edinburgh University (1879–83) and the United Presbyterian Hall (1883–85), spending the summer term of 1885 at Erlangen, Ger. As minister of Waterbeck (1887–92), Helensburgh (1892–1902), and Claremont, Glasgow (1902–13), he became known as a preacher. He played a notable part in the negotiations...