John Sutherland Black

Rev John Sutherland Black FRSE LLD (1846–1923) was a Scottish biblical scholar and contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica and Dictionary of National Biography.

He was the son of Rev James Black, the local minister of the Secession Church.

He then attended the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA and then an LLD.

From 1878 to 1889 Black was Assistant Editor for Encyclopædia Britannica (9th Edition).

In the same period he was a major contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.