James Curdie Russell (1830-1925) was a Scottish minister. He served asModerator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1902.
He was born in 1830.
He was minister ofCampbeltown from 1854 and remained there for most of his life. He advocated the use of Gaelic in services.[citation needed]
He received an honorary doctorate (DD) in 1881 fromGlasgow University.In 1903 (along with the Very RevJohn Pagan) he was one of the several former Moderators invited to the officialcoronation of KingEdward VII.[1]
He retired toEdinburgh living at 9 Coates Gardens in the West End.[2]
He died in 1925 and is buried with his wife inDean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.[3]
He endowed three scholarships (Curdie Russell Scholarship) in Divinity to Glasgow University, with a preference to those versed inGaelic.[4]
He was married to Martha Stevenson Watson (d.1916).[citation needed]
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