Duncan, Robert (1)

a Scotch clergyman, was born at Edinburgh in February, 1699; graduated from Edinburgh University in June 1718; after studying theology, went to the Continent as a tutor to the brother of the earl of Rothes, and pursued the study of divinity and law at the University of Groningen, where he ruptured a blood-vessel internally, but, recovering, was promised advancement to remain. He preferred to return to Scotland, and was licensed at Edinburgh, in October 1726. During his preaching at St. Cuthbert's Church, in Edinburgh, he strained his voice, from which cause his complaint returned; after resting, he was called to the living at Tillicoultry in October, 1727, and ordained January 25, 1728. He died May 18, 1729. He prepared for publication An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Edinburgh, 1731). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:740.