1780-1847. Scottish theologian. At the
Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843,
Chalmers withdrew from the church along with
a large number of other priests, and became
principal of the Free Church college, thus
founding the Free Church of Scotland. As
minister of Tron Church, Glasgow, from 1815,
Chalmers became renowned for his eloquence
and for his proposals for social reform. In
1823 he became professor of moral philosophy
at St Andrews, and in 1828 of theology at
Edinburgh.