Rev. Dr. Thomas McCrie (sometimes known as Thomas M'Crie, McCree or Maccrae) (1772 – 1835) was a Scottish historian and writer. He was the father of Thomas McCrie (1797 - 1875).
Between 1802 and 1806, he contributed a series of biographical sketches to The Christian Magazine, including an Account of the concluding part of the Life and the Death of John Knox; a Memoir of Mr. John Murray, minister of Leith and Dunfermline at the beginning of the 17th century; a Sketch of the Progress of the Reformation in Spain; The Suppression of the Reformation in Spain; the Life of Dr. Andrew Rivet, the French Protestant minister; the Life of Patrick Hamilton; the Life of Francis Lambert of Avignon; and the Life of Alexander Henderson. He was subsequently tRev. Dr. Thomas McCrie (sometimes known as Thomas M'Crie, McCree or Maccrae) (1772 – 1835) was a Scottish historian and writer. He was the father of Thomas McCrie (1797 - 1875).
Between 1802 and 1806, he contributed a series of biographical sketches to The Christian Magazine, including an Account of the concluding part of the Life and the Death of John Knox; a Memoir of Mr. John Murray, minister of Leith and Dunfermline at the beginning of the 17th century; a Sketch of the Progress of the Reformation in Spain; The Suppression of the Reformation in Spain; the Life of Dr. Andrew Rivet, the French Protestant minister; the Life of Patrick Hamilton; the Life of Francis Lambert of Avignon; and the Life of Alexander Henderson. He was subsequently the author of the Life of John Knox (1811) and the Life of Andrew Melville (1819).
In a series of papers published in the Edinburgh Religious Instructor McCrie criticised Walter Scott's representation of the Covenanting defenders of Scottish presbyterianism in his novel Old Mortality (1816)....more
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