Jonah Maxwell Nicholson (30 July 1818 – 30 December 1874) was a Scottish minister and author.

Life

He was born in

Whithorn Whithorn ( �ʍɪthorn 'HWIT-horn'; ''Taigh Mhàrtainn'' in Gaelic), is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christia ...

in south-west Scotland on 30 July 1818 He was the fourth of nine children of Mary Kirkpatrick and her husband, Rev Christopher Nicholson (1780-1867). He studied divinity at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

. In 1849 he was minister of

Pencaitland Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about south-east of Edinburgh, south-west of Haddington, and east of Ormiston. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Calum Cormack in 1169, ...

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the hi ...

. He was minister first of the

Tron Kirk The Tron Kirk is a former principal parish church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a well-known landmark on the Royal Mile. It was built in the 17th century and closed as a church in 1952. Having stood empty for over fifty years, it was used ...

on the

Royal Mile The Royal Mile () is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's ''Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century'' (1901), des ...

and latterly (from June 1867) of St Stephen's Church in

Stockbridge, Edinburgh Stockbridge is a suburb of Edinburgh, located north of the city centre, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots ''stock brig'' from Anglic ''stocc brycg'', meaning a timber bridge. Originally a small outlying village, ...

in replacement of Rev Dr Muir. In 1866 he is noted as being seriously injured in a fall from his gig near

Tranent Tranent is a town in East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire), in the south-east of Scotland. The town lies 6 miles from the boundary of Edinburgh, and 9.1 miles from the city centre. It lies beside the A1 road, the A1 runs through the parish ...

railway station. He lived at 3

Regent Terrace Regent Terrace is a residential street of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses built on the upper south side of Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Regent Terrace is within the Edinburgh New and Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed ...

for most of his later life but moved to 7 Royal Circus in 1874. He died there in the early hours of 30 December 1874.Dundee Courier, 31 December 1874 He is buried in the south-west section of the original section of

Grange Cemetery The Grange (originally St Giles' Grange) is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside, Edinburgh, Morningside and Greenhill, Edinburgh, Greenhill to the west, Newington, Edinburgh, Newington to the east, ...

Publications

*''Preparation for the Coming of the Son of Man'' *''Baptism, its Nature, Efficacy and Improvement'' (1850) *''The Christian Conflict'' (1861) *''The Heavenly Jerusalem'' (1866) *''The Faithful Pastor'' (1869) *''Family Prayers'' (1874) *''Redeeming the Time and Other Sermons'' (1875) *''Rest In Jesus'' (posthumous 1877) *''Communion with Heaven and Other Sermons'' (posthumous 1877)

Family

He was married to Frances Isabella Oliphant (1818-1892) daughter of James Stuart Oliphant. They had seven children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Jonah Maxwell 1818 births 1874 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish non-fiction writers 19th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland