Hugh MacLeod FRSE FSA (1730-1809) was a Scottish minister and Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Glasgow University.

Life

He was born in Rossshire on 27 December 1730 the son of Norman MacLeod.

Hugh MacLeod (minister)

He studied Theology at Aberdeen University graduating MA in 1755. From 1756 to 1759 he worked as the university's librarian. In 1778 he replaced Rev Dr William Wight as Professor of Church History at Glasgow University.

Hugh MacLeod (minister)

Aberdeen University granted him an honorary doctorate (DD) in 1780. In 1781 he was elected a Clerk of the Senate. In 1783 he was a founder member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Hugh MacLeod (minister)

In 1796 William McTurk joined him as an assistant and replaced him as professor on his death.

He died at his lodgings at the university on 22 May 1809.

References

1730 births

1809 deaths

Alumni of the University of Aberdeen

Academics of the University of Glasgow

18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland

Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh