Binnie, William

D.D. (Glasgow, 1866), Free Church of Scotland; b. at Glasgow, Aug. 20, 1823; graduated at the University of Glasgow; M.A., 1844; studied theology in Divinity Hall of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1843-47 (winter of 1845-46 in Berlin, heai'ing Neander and Hengstenberg); was minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Stirling, 1819-75; profe or of apologetics and systematic theology in Divinity Hall of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1863-75; in 1875 became profe or of church history and pastoral theology in the Free Church College of Aberdeen. He is the author of The Psalms: their History, Teachings, and Use, Edinburgh, 1870, 2ded. 1886; The Church, 1882; besides sermons, lectures, and the pamphlet (pp. 44), The Proposed Reconstruction of Old-Testament History, 1880 (3 editions). Died Sept. 22, 1886.