John T. McNeill

John Thomas McNeill (28 July 1885, Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island - 2 February 1975, Chicago) was a Canadian theological historian.

He was the son of William Cavendish McNeill (1849-1928). He was educated at Prince of Wales College, McGill University, New College, Edinburgh, Halle University and Chicago University. In 1920 he was awarded a doctorate from the latter. He was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.[1] As of 1951, he was Auburn Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary.[2] He was the father of William H. McNeill, a historian.

Charles Partee called him "the doyen of American Calvin scholars".[3]

Works

  • A History of the Cure of Souls (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951).
  • The History and Character of Calvinism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1954).
  • The Celtic Churches: A History A.D. 200 to 1200 (University of Chicago Press, 1974).

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert T. Hardy, ‘Notes and Comments’, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), p. 333.
  2. ↑ From dust jacket of "A History of the Cure of Souls."
  3. ↑ Charles Partee, The Theology of John Calvin (Westminster John Knox Press, 2008), p. 2, n.
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