Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers by [[John Faed]], 1847<ref>{{cite book|last1=Annan|first1=Thomas|title=Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of portraits on loan in the new galleries of art, Corporation buildings, Sauchiehall Street|date=1868|publisher=Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum|location=Glasgow|pages=24–25|url=https://archive.org/stream/illustratedcatal00anna#page/24/mode/2up/search/chalmers|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref> Thomas Chalmers (17 March 178031 May 1847), was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".

He served as Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1835 to 1842.

The New Zealand town of Port Chalmers was named after Chalmers. A bust of Chalmers is on display in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling.

The Thomas Chalmers Centre in Kirkliston is named after him. Provided by Wikipedia

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