H. M. B. Reid

Henry Martyn Beckwith Reid (1856-1927) wis born in Glesga. The faimily movit tae Dundee when his faither became the prison chaplain to H M Prison there. He was educatit at Dundee High Schule and the University o St Andrews. He wis licensed in 1879 and wis assistant minister in Anderston Parish Kirk and then at Glesga Cathedral. He was ordaint minister in 1883, o Balmaghie Parish, Kirkcoubrieshire in Gallowa , a post he held for twenty years. In 1903 he wis appointit tae the Chair o Divinity at the University o Glesga.

His publisht wirks include -

"About Galloway Folk,"

"The Kirk above Dee Water",

"Lost Habits of the Religious Life,"

"Books that help the Religious Life,"

"A Cameronian Apostle".