Robert Craig (theologian)

Robert Craig CBE (22 March 1917 – 30 January 1995) was an academic and church leader. He served from 1969 to 1980 as Principal of the University of Rhodesia and was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.[1]

The Very Reverend Robert Craig CBE

Principal of the University of Rhodesia
In office 1969–1980
Preceded by	Terence Miller
Succeeded by	Leonard John Lewis

Personal details
Born	22 March 1917 Markinch, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	30 January 1995(1995-01-30) (aged 77) Falkland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Spouse(s)	Olga Strzelec (m. 1950)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of St Andrews (MA, BDiv, PhD)

References

Dalyell, Tam (8 February 1995). "The Very Rev Professor Robert Craig". The Independent. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

Educational offices
Preceded by Terence Miller	Vice–Chancellors and principals of the University of Zimbabwe 1970 – 1980	Succeeded by Leonard John Lewis
Religious titles
Preceded by David Smith	Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1986–1987	Succeeded by Duncan Shaw

Vice–Chancellors and principals of the University of Zimbabwe
1953–55: William Rollo 1955–66: Sir Walter Adams 1967–69: Terence Miller 1970–80: Robert Craig 1980-81: Leonard Lewis 1981–92: Walter Kamba 1992–96: Gordon Chavunduka 1997–2002: Graham Hill 2003–2018: Levi Nyagura 2018– : Paul Mapfumo

Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Since reunification with the United Free Church of Scotland in 1929
1929–1950	John White Andrew Bogle John Graham Hugh Mackintosh Lauchlan Watt Peter Thomson Marshall Lang Daniel Lamont Dugald MacFarlane James Black Archibald Main James Forgan James Cockburn Charles Taylor John Baillie Edward Hagan Andrew Campbell John McKenzie Matthew Stewart Alexander Macdonald George Duncan
1950–1975	Hugh Watt William White Anderson George Johnstone Jeffrey James Pitt-Watson Ernest David Jarvis George Henderson Robert Scott George MacLeod John Fraser Robert Shepherd John Burleigh Archibald Campbell Craig Nevile Davidson James Stuart Stewart Duncan Fraser Archibald Watt Leonard Small William Roy Sanderson James Longmuir Thomas Murchison Hugh Douglas Andrew Herron Ronnie Selby Wright George T. H. Reid David Steel
1975–2000	James Gunn Matheson Thomas F. Torrance John Rodger Gray Peter Brodie Robert Barbour William Johnston Andrew Beveridge Doig John McIntyre Fraser McLuskey John M. K. Paterson David Smith Robert Craig Duncan Shaw Jim Whyte Bill McDonald Robert Davidson William Macmillan Hugh Wyllie James Weatherhead James Simpson James Harkness John McIndoe Sandy McDonald Alan Main John Cairns
Since 2000	Andrew McLellan John Miller Finlay Macdonald Iain Torrance Alison Elliot David Lacy Alan McDonald Sheilagh Kesting David Lunan William Hewitt John Christie David Arnott Albert Bogle Lorna Hood John Chalmers Angus Morrison Russell Barr Derek Browning Susan Brown Colin Sinclair Martin Fair Jim Wallace (Moderator-designate 2021)

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