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W. Stanford Reid

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W. Stanford Reid
Born
William Stanford Reid

(1913-09-13)13 September 1913
Died28 December 1996(1996-12-28) (aged 83)
NationalityCanadian
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Presbyterian)
ChurchPresbyterian Church in Canada
Ordained1941[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Growth of Anti-Papalism in Fifteenth Century Scotland (1941)
Doctoral advisorArthur Charles Howland[2]
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions

William Stanford Reid (13 September 1913 – 28 December 1996), usually cited as W. Stanford Reid, was a professor of history at McGill University and the University of Guelph and a Presbyterian Church in Canada minister. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1941). He also had a divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary, studying under the Presbyterian scholar J. Gresham Machen.[3]

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He was the son of Rev. William Dunn Reid and Daisy Sanford. His brother was Stewart Reid - Montreal, Quebec. His parents were Joseph Reid b. 1838 and Janet Dunn b. 1863. His grandparents were some of the first Scottish settlers in the Eastern Townships of Quebec arriving in the late 1820s. His grandparents were William Reid and Jean Gould and Andrew Dunn and Elisabeth Oliver.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "W. Stanford Reid — A Classic Case of Exclusion". 12 October 1999.
  2. ^ MacLeod, A. Donald. "Stanford Reid's Legacy for Christian Academics" (PDF). The Canadian Society of Presbyterian History. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ Predestination by W. S. Reid
  4. ^ A Genealogy of the Reid Family by W.D. Reid, 1938

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