Robert Stirling
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1790 – 1878
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Who was Robert Stirling?
The Reverend Dr Robert Stirling was a Scottish clergyman, and inventor of the Stirling engine. Stirling was born at Cloag Farm near Methven, Perthshire, the third of eight children. He inherited his father's interest in engineering, but studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow becoming a minister of the Church of Scotland as second charge of the Laigh Kirk of Kilmarnock in 1816. He was Minister of Galston Parish Church from 1824 until 1878.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1790
Methven - Siblings
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- Jun 6, 1878
Galston
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on July 23, 2013
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