Archibald Main, KHC (17 December 1876 – 14 March 1947) was a Scottish ecclesiastical historian, Church of Scotland minister, military chaplain, and academic.
He served as Chaplain to the King from 1925 and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1939 to 1940.
[3] He then studied philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and graduated with a first-class undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree in 1899.
[3] In 1912, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree by the University of Glasgow for a thesis titled The Life and Times of Ralph Cudworth.
[2][5] He then served as Minister of St Madoes Church, Glencarse, in the Presbytery of Perth until 1912.
On 9 July 1917, he was appointed a temporary chaplain and attached to the 2nd Battalion, Fifeshire Volunteer Regiment, Territorial Force.
[2] On 30 June 1921, Main was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree by his alma mater (the University of Glasgow).