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Person
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Mackay, A. B. (Alexander Bisset), 1842-1901
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Description area
Dates of existence
1842-1901
History
Rev. Alexander Bissett Mackay was born on March 22, 1842, in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.
He was a Presbyterian clergyman. He served at the Crescent Street Presbyterian Church in Montreal, Quebec. Many of his sermons and lectures were published, e.g., "The conquest of Canaan: lectures on the first twelve chapters of the book of Joshua" (1844), "The true gnostics: a sermon preached in Crescent Street Presbyterian Church, Montreal" (1880), "The story of Naaman" (1882), and "A fisherman's folly" (1900).
In 1869, he married Catherine Paterson Craig (1842–1920). He died on July 25, 1901, in Sept Îles, Quebec.