Alexander Campbell Cheyne
The Rev. Professor Alexander Campbell Cheyne, commonly known as A. C. Cheyne, was one of the foremost Scottish scholars of Church History, teaching at New [College, Edinburgh] from 1958 until his retirement in 1986.
Alec Cheyne helped students gain a nuanced appreciation of key personalities in Scottish history which rose above the polarities of Scottish ecclesiastical conflict.
Works
Among his major publications are:- The Transforming of The Kirk on Church in Scotland during the Victorian Era
- The Practical and the Pious, on the life and work of Thomas Chalmers
- The Ten Years' Conflict and the Disruption on the secession of the Free [Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland] from the Church of Scotland in 1843.