DR. SALMOND.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1856, 16 September 1913, Page 6

DR. SALMOND.

HIS RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED.

(By Telcerapli.—Frees Association.)^ Dunedln, Soptomber 15. Dr. Salmond has notified tho Otngo University Council of his ros, 2 n " tl ? u tho Chair of Mental and Moral Plnlosophy, which he has hold for thirty years. Dr. Salmond is nearly eighty y calS of

ae a' u (ho academic nnd university life of. New Zealand few men havo been better known than tho Rev. \\m. Halmond, D-D.— especially m mental science and theology. .Many .vears ago what was then regarded as, a somewhat remarkable publication'-" I ho lteign or Graoo"— brought hiln somewhat into conflict with the Otago Presbytery and. Synod, and, quite recently, lie issued another work, entitled "Prohibition—a. 'Blunder," which attracted • attention. Dr Salmond was born in Edinburgh on February 9, 1835, and educated at Heriot's Hospital High School, WmImrcli, University, Edinburgh, Hid tmversity of Berlin. From 18SS-75 he. was minister of tho Presbyterian Clltucn, North Shields, Northumberland. J» 1876 ho was appointed Professor ot Theology at the Divinity School i" connection with Otngo University, -and rotnincd that chair until 1886, when ho became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy.]