Christian identity
- •
William John Cameron
William John Cameron (1907–1990) was a Scottish minister. He twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland: in 1962 and 1977.[1]
Life
He was born in Brora, Sutherland in November 1907 the son of Rev Kenneth Cameron. The family moved first to Skye then to Stornoway with his father's role as minister. He was educated at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, where he was school dux.[2]
He studied Classics and Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with an MA with Honours. During this period (in 1924/25) his father served as Moderator of the General Assembly.[2]
He was ordained at Burghead on the Moray coast in 1932 and in 1950 moved to the famous Buccleuch Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh's South Side.[2]
In 1953 he was given the Chair of both Greek and the New Testament at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. From 1973 to 1977 he was Principal of the College.[2]
In 1962 he served his first year as Moderator. From 1963 to 1976 he was Princi
- •
W. J. Cameron came to Iowa in 1862, at the age of eight years, and received his education in the public schools of De Witt, Clinton County, graduating from the High School of that city. He learned the tinner's trade at the latter-named city, and in 1880 removed to Gladbrook, in the same State, where he engaged in the hardware business, which he continued for one year, and then sold out, engaging in the same line at De Witt, where he remained until October, 1884. He then sold out his stock and located at Belle Plaine, where he opened his present hardware store. He continued business alone until Jan. 18, 1886, when he formed the existing partnership with F. L. McCune. The firm of McCune & Cameron do a general hardware business, dealing in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tinware and agricultural i
- •
CHEWETT, WILLIAM CAMERON, publisher and businessman; b. 16 Aug. 1828 in York (Toronto), eldest son of James Grant Chewett* and Martha Smith Robison; m. 28 April 1857 Maria Susan Ranney, and they had three sons and three daughters; d. 30 Nov. 1897 in Toronto.
William Cameron Chewett was a member of one of Toronto’s oldest and most prominent families. His grandfather William Chewett* had moved to “Muddy York” in 1796 and enjoyed a long career as surveyor and office holder, as did his son James Grant. After entering Upper Canada College in 1837, William Cameron attended King’s College (later the University of Toronto), where he studied medicine. He was an outstanding student and a winner of several prizes, and in 1851 he became one of two members of the university’s first class to graduate in medicine.
Chewett soon decided that he was not suited to a medical career; although often referred to as Dr Chewett, he apparently never practised medicine. A man of literary interests, he gravitated towards the rapidly developing printing, publishing, an
Copyright ©bernate.pages.dev 2025