Andrew Melville
✓ Source-basedstableScottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer
Fame43.2
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Languages10
Peak1840s
In century#2,364
Andrew Melville was a Scottish scholar, theologian, poet and religious reformer. His fame encouraged scholars from the European continent to study at Glasgow and St. Andrews.
Also inDeutsch
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![Statue of Andrew Melville in Valley Cemetery, Stirling by Alexander Handyside Ritchie[2] After spending a couple of days at Stirling, where he was introduced to the youthful James VI, and had some consultation with Buchanan, Melville settled in Glasgow early in November 1574.[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Statue_of_Andrew_Melville_in_Valley_Cemetery%2C_Stirling.jpg/1280px-Statue_of_Andrew_Melville_in_Valley_Cemetery%2C_Stirling.jpg)
Statue of Andrew Melville in Valley Cemetery, Stirling by Alexander Handyside Ritchie[2] After spending a couple of days at Stirling, where he was introduced to the youthful James VI, and had some consultation with Buchanan, Melville settled in Glasgow early in November 1574.[3]
A fanciful Victorian depiction of Melville upbraiding bishops in the presence of James VI
Left to right: Henderson, Knox, Melville. Valley Cemetery, Stirling![Disruption brooch showing the graves of Andrew Melville, John Knox, David Welsh, James Renwick, and Alexander Henderson[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Scottishhistoryl00patouoft_raw_0352levels.png/500px-Scottishhistoryl00patouoft_raw_0352levels.png)
Disruption brooch showing the graves of Andrew Melville, John Knox, David Welsh, James Renwick, and Alexander Henderson[14]
Andrew Melville Hall at the University of St AndrewsWriters from United Kingdom 6
About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1545 to 1622 · aged 77
Written about in
10 languages
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