William Hamilton was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian. Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh 1709 to 1732, and the Principal of the University from 1730 to 1732. He began in 1694 as a minister at Cramond. He was also a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. :"The elder Hamilton was an influential figure in the growth of “early moderatism”, and several of his students, including Wishart, were prominent Rankenians." Wikipedia
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