Douglas Reid Explained

Douglas William John Reid (1934 - 2000) was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1987 to 1997.^[1]

He was born on 15 February 1934,^[2] educated at Edinburgh Theological College;and ordained deacon in 1963, and priest in 1964. After a curacy in Ayr^[3] he was the Rector of St James, Glasgow from 1968 until 1973; and then of St Ninian, Glasgow from 1973 to 1999.^[4]

He died on 18 March 2000.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p596: Edinburgh T & T Clark
2. Bertie (Ibid) p412
3. Bertie (ibid) p413
4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
5. ‘REID, Rev. Canon Douglas William John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Sept 2015