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- 1599
- Died:
- July 1662, Glasgow (aged 63)
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Robert Baillie
Scottish minister
Robert Baillie (born 1599ādied July 1662, Glasgow) was a Presbyterian minister and theological scholar who led the movement in Scotland to reject (1637) the Church of Englandās Book of Common Prayer. He was a member of the Glasgow Assembly (1638), at which the Church of Scotland broke away from English episcopacy. Baillie became professor of divinity at Glasgow (1642) and in 1661 was made principal of the university. His Letters and Journals, edited by D. Laing (1841ā42), are of considerable historical importance.
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