James McKinnon (historian)
Rev Prof James McKinnon DD FRSE LLD DLit was a writer on history and church history. He was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Edinburgh1908 to 1930.Life
He was born in Turriff in northern Aberdeenshire. He was educated locally but then travelled to South Africa to study divinity at Stellenbosch University. He returned to Scotland to complete his degree at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA. He undertook further postgraduate studies in Germany, at Bonn University and Heidelberg University.
In 1910 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir William Turner, George Chrystal, Cargill Gilston Knott and Sir Frank Watson Dyson.
He died at Thornlea House in Forfar on 12 July 1945, aged 85.Publications
In 1886 he married Pauline Klein. They had one son, James A. R. MacKinnon, who served as Sheriff Substitute for Forfarshire.
