Blackburn, Peter
- Biography
- Born at Glasgow in c.1550; Regent, Glasgow University, Minister of St Nicholas, Aberdeen 1582, transferred to East Kirk, 1596, signed Foundation Charter of Marischal Coll. As witness 1593, Moderator of Gen. Assembly 1597, Dean of Faculty Marischal Coll. 1598, Bishop of Aberdeen 1600, Chancellor of King's Coll. 1600-16, died 14 June 1616.
From Provenance Catalogue: Blackburn was born in Glasgow c.1550. He taught under Andrew Melville at Glasgow University, where he was regent by 1574. In 1582 he was appointed Minister of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, and of the East Kirk in 1596. Moderator of the General Assembly in 1597, he became Bishop of Aberdeen in 1601. From 1600 til his death in 1616 he was Chancellor of King's College. See Rait, Robert Sangster: The universities of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, 1895. - Biography Date
- fl.1582-1616
- Biography References
- Prov. Reg. Notes (Fast. Eccles. Scot., VI, 1 & 36; Keith, Scottish Bishops, 131; Officers & Graduates, 3.); Fasti 3, 10; Drummond 296.
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