Gregg, William

D.D. (Hanover College, Hanover, Ind., 1878), Canadian Presbyterian; b. at Killycreen, near Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, July 5, 1817; graduated B.A. at the University of Glasgow, 1843, and M.A. at that of Edinburgh, 1844; studied theology in Free Church College, Edinburgh, 1843-46; became pastor at Belleville, Canada West, 1847; of Cooke's Church, Toronto, 1857; profe or of apologetics and church history, Knox College, Toronto, 1872 (having taught apologetics in the college since 1864). He was moderator in 1861, when union was effected between the Presbyterian Church and the United Presbyterian Church in Canada. He edited Book of Pa ages for Family Worship, Toronto, 1878, 3d ed. 1885; wrote History of Presbyterian Church in Canada from the Earliest Times to 1834 (with chronological tables of subsequent leading events), 1885.