JOHN CAIRD

'John Caird' (December 15, 1820 - July 30, 1898), theologian, born at Greenock and educated at Glasgow, entered the Church of Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers.
After being a minister in the country and in Edinburgh, he was transferred to Glasgow, becoming in 1862 Professor of Divinity in the University of that city, and in 1873 Principal.
A sermon on ''Religion in Common Life'', preached before Queen Victoria, made him known throughout the Protestant world. He wrote an ''Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion'' (1880), and a vol. on ''Spinoza'' (1888).
His brother was the philosopher Edward Caird.

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