Geddes MacGregor

MacGregor was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 13 November 1909, and his early life was spent in Edinburgh, Dundee, and in continental Europe. MacGregor received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of Edinburgh (BD, 1939). He later received a Bachelor of Laws from University of Edinburgh, New College (LLB, 1943), and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford (DPhil, 1945, supervised by Austin Farrer). For published work, he received a Doctorat ès lettres from the University of Paris (Dr ès l, 1951, Summa Cum Laude), and a Doctor of Divinity from University of Oxford (DD, 1959). In 1978 he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (LHD) degree from Hebrew Union College. == Religion ==

MacGregor was raised Presbyterian, but as a young man in Edinburgh he converted to Roman Catholicism under the influence of Canon John Gray of Saint Peter's, Morningside. A few days after his Episcopal ordainment, he was named canon of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Los Angeles. == Career ==

From 1949 to 1955 MacGregor served as the first Rufus Jones Professor of philosophy and religion at Bryn Mawr College. In 1957, he became an American citizen. In 1967, the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco honored MacGregor's book, The Hemlock and the Cross: Humanism, Socrates and Christ, as the year's best nonfiction work by a California author. ==Personal life==

MacGregor married Elizabeth Sutherland McAllister on August 14, 1941, at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.They had two children together, Marie Geddes (born 1944) and Martin Gregor Geddes (born 1946); Elizabeth predeceased her husband in 1994. MacGregor died on 9 October 1998. ==Selected works==

• MacGregor, Geddes (1989). Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy. Description. Paragon House, New York. • • • Also published as: • • • • • MacGregor, Geddes (1979), Gnosis: A Renaissance in Christian Thought A Quest Book} Speculative MacGregor stated in 1979 that he wrote only one "speculative novel": • ==References==