Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; was a Scottish author and theologian. He was the son of John Watson, a civil servant. He was born at Manningtree, Essex, and educated at Stirling and at Edinburgh University, later studying theology at New College, Edinburgh, and at Tübingen. During 1874 he became a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and became assistant minister of Edinburgh Barclay Church.

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  • Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; was a Scottish author and theologian. He was the son of John Watson, a civil servant. He was born at Manningtree, Essex, and educated at Stirling and at Edinburgh University, later studying theology at New College, Edinburgh, and at Tübingen. During 1874 he became a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and became assistant minister of Edinburgh Barclay Church. Subsequently he was minister at Logiealmond in Perthshire and at Glasgow, and in 1880 he became minister of Sefton Park Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, from which he retired during 1905. In 1896 he was Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale University, and in 1900 he was moderator of the synod of the English Presbyterian Church. While travelling in the United States he died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Maclaren's first stories of rural Scottish life, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush, achieved extraordinary popularity and were succeeded by other successful books, The Days of Auld Lang Syne, Kate Carnegie and those Ministers, and Afterwards and other Stories . By his own name Watson published several volumes of sermons, among them being The Upper Room, The Mind of the Master and The Potter's Wheel .
  • Ian Maclaren (pseudónimo John Watson; fue un teólogo y escritor británico. Era hijo de John Watson, un funcionario. Nació en Manningtree, Essex, y se educó en Stirling y en la Universidad de Edinburgo, estudiando más tarde Teología en el New College, Edinburgo, y en Tübingen. En 1874 entró en el ministerio de la Iglesia Libre de Escocia y se llegó a ser ministro ayudante de la Iglesia de Barclay de Edinburgo. Posteriormente fue ministro en Logiealmond en Perthshire y en Glasgow, y en 1880 fue nombrado ministro de la Iglesia de Sefton Park Presbyterian, en Liverpool, puesto del cual se retiró en 1905. En 1896 fue el conferenciante de Lyman Beecher en la Universidad de Yale, y en 1900 el asesor del el sínodo de la Iglesia Inglesa Presbitariana. Viajando por los Estados Unidos, murió en el Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Los primeros bosquejos sobre la vida rural escocesa de Maclaren, Beside the Bonnie Briar Brus, alcanzaron una extraordinaria popularidad y fueron seguidos de otros libros exitosos, The Days of auld Lang Syne, Kate Carnegie and those Ministers ", " y Afterwards and other Stories " . Bajo su propio nombre, Watson publicó varios volúmenes de sermónes, entre ellos The Upper Room, The Mind of the Master y The Potter's Wheel .
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  • Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; was a Scottish author and theologian. He was the son of John Watson, a civil servant. He was born at Manningtree, Essex, and educated at Stirling and at Edinburgh University, later studying theology at New College, Edinburgh, and at Tübingen. During 1874 he became a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and became assistant minister of Edinburgh Barclay Church.
  • Ian Maclaren (pseudónimo John Watson; fue un teólogo y escritor británico. Era hijo de John Watson, un funcionario. Nació en Manningtree, Essex, y se educó en Stirling y en la Universidad de Edinburgo, estudiando más tarde Teología en el New College, Edinburgo, y en Tübingen. En 1874 entró en el ministerio de la Iglesia Libre de Escocia y se llegó a ser ministro ayudante de la Iglesia de Barclay de Edinburgo.
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