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Michael Russell

Born

in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

August 12, 1781

Died

April 02, 1848

Genre

History, Religion

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Michael Russell was the first Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1837 to his death in 1848.

He was the eldest son of John Russell of Edinburgh. Matriculating at the University of Glasgow November 1800, he graduated M.A. in 1806. He was then appointed second master of Stirling grammar school, but, having become a convert to the Scottish Episcopal Church, he resigned the post and opened a school of his own.

In 1808 Russell was admitted into deacon's orders, and ordained to the charge of a small congregation in Alloa; he continued with his school until his appointment in the autumn of the following year to the charge of St. James's Chapel, Leith. In 1831 he was made dean of the diocese of Edinburgh, and on 8 October 1837 he was ordained bishop Michael Russell was the first Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1837 to his death in 1848.

He was the eldest son of John Russell of Edinburgh. Matriculating at the University of Glasgow November 1800, he graduated M.A. in 1806. He was then appointed second master of Stirling grammar school, but, having become a convert to the Scottish Episcopal Church, he resigned the post and opened a school of his own.

In 1808 Russell was admitted into deacon's orders, and ordained to the charge of a small congregation in Alloa; he continued with his school until his appointment in the autumn of the following year to the charge of St. James's Chapel, Leith. In 1831 he was made dean of the diocese of Edinburgh, and on 8 October 1837 he was ordained bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, on the separation of the diocese from Edinburgh and St. Andrews. The religious opinions of Russell were liberal enough to cause his orthodoxy to be questioned.

Russell was active on behalf of the bill passed in 1840 removing religious disabilities from Scottish episcopalians. In 1820 he received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Glasgow, and in 1842 the University of Oxford conferred on him the diploma degree of D.C.L., for which he was admitted a member of St John's College.

Russell was a prolific author. He was a contributor to the Encyclopædia Metropolitana and the British Critic, and he was for some time editor of the Scottish Episcopal Review and Magazine. To the Edinburgh Cabinet Library he contributed volumes on Palestine, 1831, Ancient and Modern Egypt, 1831, Nubia and Abyssinia, 1833, The Barbary States, 1835, Polynesia, 1842, and Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Isles, 1850. For Constable's Miscellany he wrote a life of Oliver Cromwell (1829, 2 vols.).

Besides sermons and charges, Russell was also the author of:

A View of Education in Scotland, 1813;
Connection of Sacred and Profane History from the Death of Joshua to the Decline of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, 3 vols. 1827, intended to complete the works of Samuel Shuckford and Humphrey Prideaux;
Observations on the Advantages of Classical Learning, 1830;
Discourses On The Millennium, The Doctrine Of Election, Justification By Faith, And On The Historical Evidence For The Apostolical Institution Of episcopacy; together with some Preliminary Remarks on the Principles Of Scriptural Interpretation, Rev. Michael Russell, LL.D., Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1830, and
a History of the Church of Scotland in Rivington's Theological Library, 1834.
He published an edition of Robert Keith's Scottish Bishops (1824), and edited Archbishop John Spotiswood's History of the Church of Scotland for the Bannatyne Club and the Spotiswood Society jointly (1847 and 1851). ...more

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	Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time 3.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1985 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Time on a Bicycle 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquies [&c.]. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	History and present condition of the Barbary states: Comprehending a view of their civil institutions, antiquities, arts, religion, literature, commerce, agriculture, and natural productions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1836 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The position of the Scottish Episcopal Church 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Connection of Sacred and Profane History, Vol. 1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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