Life
1742-1833; Presbyterian divine and physician, ord. minister of Grey Abbey,
Co. Down and non-subscriber to Westminster confession, 1774; resigned
1785; studied medicine Dublin and Edinburgh, MD 1776; Belfast physician,
1785; co-fnd. Dispensary, 1792; fnd. fever hospital, 1797; ministerial
role of Ulster synod, 1818; theological and topographical tracts incl.
History of Greyabbey and History of Templepatrick; also
co-fnd. Belfast Acad. Inst., chartered 1810; Vice-Pres. of Linen Hall
Library, 1814-17; President, 1817-28. ODNB DUB