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<p> (sometimes called Arnold), a monk of the order of St. Benedict, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in the reign of [[Alexander]] III, and educated with Sir [[William]] Wallace at the school of Dundee. He then went to Paris, studied in the university there, and joined the order of St. Benedict. He returned to [[Scotland]] and lived in retirement until Wallace became viceroy of the kingdom, when he became his chaplain. He wrote a history of Wallace's life, in Latin verse, about 1327. The precise date of his death is not known. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of British and American Authors, s.v. </p>
<p> a Presbyterian divine, brother of Samuel Blair (q.v.), was born in [[Ireland]] 1720, and emigrated in his youth to America. He studied at the "Log College," and in 1742 was ordained pastor of three churches in [[Cumberland]] Co., Pa. In 1757 he removed to Fagg's Manor. In 1767 he was appointed professor of divinity and vice-president of the college at Princeton. In 1769 he became pastor at Walkill, N. Y., where he remained until his death, Dec. 8,1771. He published a [[Treatise]] on Regeneration, another on Terms of [[Admission]] to the Lord's Supper, and several sermons. Sprague, Annals, 3:118. </p>


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<ref name="term_25798"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/blair,+john+(3) John Blair from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_25800"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/blair,+john John Blair from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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John Blair [1]

a Presbyterian divine, brother of Samuel Blair (q.v.), was born in Ireland 1720, and emigrated in his youth to America. He studied at the "Log College," and in 1742 was ordained pastor of three churches in Cumberland Co., Pa. In 1757 he removed to Fagg's Manor. In 1767 he was appointed professor of divinity and vice-president of the college at Princeton. In 1769 he became pastor at Walkill, N. Y., where he remained until his death, Dec. 8,1771. He published a Treatise on Regeneration, another on Terms of Admission to the Lord's Supper, and several sermons. Sprague, Annals, 3:118.

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  1. ↑ John Blair from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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