Samuel Rutherford
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1600 to 1661 · aged 61
Samuel Rutherford was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.
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![The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left and Samuel Rutherford is also depicted.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/EDI_CITY_CAC_1978_113.jpg/500px-EDI_CITY_CAC_1978_113.jpg)
The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left and Samuel Rutherford is also depicted.[1]![Rutherford's Monument, Anwoth[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rutherfords_Monument%2C_Anworth_%28geograph_4502546%29.jpg/1280px-Rutherfords_Monument%2C_Anworth_%28geograph_4502546%29.jpg)
Rutherford's Monument, Anwoth[2]
Rutherford's Monument
The inscription stone on Rutherford's Monument![Anwoth Old Kirk and Kirkyard[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Anwoth_Old_Kirk_and_Kirkyard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_890377.jpg/500px-Anwoth_Old_Kirk_and_Kirkyard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_890377.jpg)
Anwoth Old Kirk and Kirkyard[2]
Memorial plaque to Samuel Rutherford![The grave of Master Samuel Rutherford, St Andrews Cathedral churchyard[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/The_grave_of_Samuel_Rutherford%2C_St_Andrews_Cathedral_churchyard.jpg/1280px-The_grave_of_Samuel_Rutherford%2C_St_Andrews_Cathedral_churchyard.jpg)
The grave of Master Samuel Rutherford, St Andrews Cathedral churchyard[3]About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1600 to 1661 · aged 61
