Thomas Chalmers

The Reverend Thomas Chalmers FRSE
Thomas Chalmers by John Faed, 1847
Born	(1780-03-17)17 March 1780 Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
Died	(1847-05-31)31 May 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland
Education	University of St Andrews University of Edinburgh
Occupations	Theologian, Presbyterian minister
Theological work
Tradition or movement	Presbyterianism

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Sir John Steell, *Rev Thomas Chalmers*, 1883, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Thomas Chalmers FRSE (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".

He served as Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1835 to 1842.

The New Zealand town of Port Chalmers was named after Chalmers. A bust of Chalmers is on display in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling.

The Thomas Chalmers Centre in Kirkliston is named after him.