John Cook (moderator 1816)

His birthdate is sometimes shown in records as 1771 to disguise his birth being less than 9 months after his parents marriage.

[citation needed] He studied Divinity at St Andrews University under his father and was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland.

[4] In 1802 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew at St Andrews University.

[5] He was later given the first university Chair in Biblical Criticism (1808-1824) He died in St Andrews on 28 November 1824 aged 54.

He married 2 July 1803, Elizabeth (died 12 September 1848), daughter of George Hill, D.D., Principal of St Mary's College, and had issue —

The grave of Very Rev John Cook, St Andrews Cathedral Churchyard