MACEWEN

Alexander (12 son of Wm. Macewen, minister of Howgate sece ion ch. near Edinb. d. 1827). b. Howgate 5 April 1822; ed. at Glasgow univ., M.A. 1840, D.D. 1866, and univ. of Halle and Berlin; sece ion minister of He lens burgh church, Sep. 1845 to 1856; sent with Me rs. Harper and Eadie to report on the German catholic movement and ecclesiastical affairs of Canton de Vaud 1846; minister of Claremont united presbyterian ch. Glasgow, Aug. 1856 to death; author of The revelation embodied in scripture supernatural 1866. d. Glasgow 4 June 1875. J. Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy (1849) 129–34; Sermons by A. Macewen (1877) memoir ix–lvi .