Thomas Guthrie Statue

Category

Library Item

Item no

26808

Title

Thomas Guthrie Statue, West Princes Street Gardens

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2012

Type

Digital image

The statue of Thomas Guthrie stands on a Peterhead granite pedestal, with his Bible looking down on a figure of a 'ragged boy' sculpted by Frederick W. Pomeroy ARA. (1856-1924).
Thomas Gurthrie D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) was a preacher and philanthropist. He was born at Brechin, Forfarshire in 1803, living until 1873. Guthrie was educated at Edinburgh University, and led the breakaway from the Church of Scotland to establish Free St John's Church on Castlehill. He became Moderator of the Free Church assembly in 1862, and published 'A Plea for Ragged Schools' and 'The City, its sins and sorrows?' An eloquent preacher of the gospel and founder of the original ragged industrial schools he was known as a friend of the poor and the oppressed.

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