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The Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship is a prize awarded by
Christ's College, Aberdeen Christ's College, Aberdeen was one of three colleges in Scotland founded by the Free Church of Scotland for the training of ministers following the Disruption of 1843. The other two were New College, Edinburgh and Trinity College, Glasgow. Foll ...
to the overall, most distinguished graduate of the year having studied in the Department of
Divinity Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...
and Religious Studies of the
University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...
. Fellows include Rev John Macdonald, Rev John Morrison, Rev Dr John Alexander Selbie, Mark Paul Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle, FRAI, Rev Dr Philip Bolton Wilson, Dr Jonathan Miles-Watson, Dr Ian Kenneth McEwan, FRSE, David Webster, son of
John Bainbridge Webster John Bainbridge Webster (1955–2016) was an Anglican priest and theologian writing in the area of systematic, historical, and moral theology. Born in Mansfield, England, on 20 June 1955, he was educated at the independent Bradford Grammar Sch ...
, and Rev Peter Diack, M.A.


Christ's College

Christ's College, Aberdeen Christ's College, Aberdeen was one of three colleges in Scotland founded by the Free Church of Scotland for the training of ministers following the Disruption of 1843. The other two were New College, Edinburgh and Trinity College, Glasgow. Foll ...
is the body in Aberdeen responsible for ministerial training for the
Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Reformation of 1560, when it split from the Catholic Church ...
. It works closely with the University of Aberdeen in administering the Divinity Library, providing weekly Chapter Services on Campus, funding a Lectureship in Practical Theology, sponsoring and holding lectures and seminars, and managing bequests and legacies, including the Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship.


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Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...


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