Harry Spens FRSE (c.1714–1787) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1780.
[2] In the same year, he began his training for the ministry and was recorded at St Andrews assisting with a baptism for a child from his native parish of Alves.
This document, composed as a series of questions about Plato's philosophy, theology, and life, called for scholars to join the authors in translating and commenting on the philosopher's works.
[7] Printed in Glasgow by the Foulis Press, the work was dedicated to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, during his brief tenure as prime minister under King George III.
A local of Wemyss, Dr. David Dalrymple, had returned from the West Indies with a negro slave, “Black Tom”, around 1767/8.