Trinity College, Glasgow facts for kids
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| Type | Theological college | |||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1856 | |||||||||||||||
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Church of Scotland | |||||||||||||||
| Principal | Doug Gay | |||||||||||||||
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55°52′19″N 4°17′17″W / 55.872°N 4.288°W |
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| Affiliations | Faculty of Divinity, University of Glasgow |
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| Website | Trinity College | |||||||||||||||
Trinity College in Glasgow, Scotland, is a special college connected to the University of Glasgow. It's part of the Church of Scotland. This college helps train people who want to become ministers for the Church of Scotland. It has a Principal and a College Council that guide these students. Trinity College also helps connect the University of Glasgow with the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.
The current Principal of Trinity College is Doug Gay.
The College's Beginnings
A big event called the Disruption of 1843 happened in the Church of Scotland. This led to a new group forming, called the Free Church of Scotland. The Free Church started its own colleges to teach its ministers. They had three: one in Glasgow, New College, Edinburgh, and Christ's College, Aberdeen. These colleges were separate from the main universities.
The Glasgow College opened in 1856. Local people helped pay for it. It was a well-known school that taught many different subjects. It was not part of the University of Glasgow's main Divinity (religion) department. In 1872, Thomas Martin Lindsay became a professor there. He later became the Principal of the college in 1902.
Trinity College Today
In 1930, the main Scottish Presbyterian churches joined back together. Because of this, the Glasgow Church college was renamed "Trinity College." The teaching facilities at the university and the Church College were also brought back together.
After 1976, the old Trinity College buildings at Park Circus were no longer used. All the teaching for theology (the study of religion) then moved to the university's Divinity Faculty. So, even though Trinity College still exists, it doesn't have its own buildings anymore.
Trinity College celebrated its 150th birthday on November 2, 2006. About 250 former students and friends came to the celebration. Its 155th anniversary was celebrated on November 4, 2011.
Important Teachers
Many important teachers worked at the college before 1930. These included Alexander Balmain Bruce, James Denney, George Adam Smith, James Moffatt, Henry Drummond, and James Orr.
In more recent times, after the teaching groups joined, other notable teachers have included John MacQuarrie, William H.C. Frend, William Barclay, John Zizioulas, Robert Davidson, George Newlands, John Riches, Heather Walton (theologian), and Charlotte Methuen (Church Historian). The former clerk was A. K. M. Adam. The current clerk is Mark Johnston.
College Records
The old records and documents of Trinity College are kept safe by the University of Glasgow Archives Services.
