| Administrative History | Duncan Mearns was born in 1779 and graduated MA at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1795. He was presented to Tarves parish, Aberdeenshire, in 1799 and ordained the same year: he remained there until his demission in 1817 on being appointed to chair of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen. He remained in that post until his death in 1852. |