John Marshall Lang (18342 May 1909) was a
Church of Scotland
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minister and
author
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. He served as
Moderator of the General Assembly
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in 1893 and later became
Principal of the University of Aberdeen
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in 1900.
Life
He was born in the manse at
Glassford
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into an eminent