Beattie, Francis Robert

Ph.D. (Illinois University, U.S.A., 1884), Presbyterian; b. at Guelph, Ontario, Can., March 31, 1848; graduated at the University of Toronto, B.A., 1875 (medallist in philosophy, and prizeman in Oriental literature); M.A., 1876; B.D. at Knox College, Toronto, 1882. He was tutor in the University of Toronto, 1877; examiner, 1877-78, 1882-; tutor in Knox College, 1877-78; examiner since 1880; since 1878 he has been pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Brant ford, Ontario, Can. He has written, besides numerous articles, An Examination of the Utilitarian Theory of Morals, Brant ford, 1885; and has in preparation a work covering the whole ground of apologetics.