K. M. Phin


Very Rev Kenneth Macleay Phin DD was 19th century Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1877. He ran the Church of Scotland’s Home Mission Scheme. As a church campaigner and pamphleteer he was known as The Investigator.

Life

He was the only son of Rev Robert Phin minister of Wick and his wife, the daughter of Provost Macleay of Caithness. He was born around 1800. His mother died soon after he was born. He is thought to have studied divinity at Aberdeen University as did his father.
He was minister of Galashiels from 1841.
He was a member of the Wodrow Society, based in Edinburgh 1841 to 1847.
In 1863 he spoke against the admission of women into Scottish universities. He retired in 1870 and thereafter committed himself fully to Mission work in the Scottish cities.
During his mission work he operated from 22 Queen Street in Edinburgh's New Town and lived at 13 Chalmers Street near the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
He died in 1888.