Patrick Adamson was a Scottish divine, and Archbishop of St Andrews from 1575.
Occupation
writer, diplomat, archbishop, theologian
Position held
Protestant Archbishop of St. Andrews, ambassador of Scotland to England, ambassador
Citizenship
Scotland
Born
March 1537
Died
1592, February 10, 1592
Overview
Patrick Adamson (1537–1592) was a Scottish divine, and Archbishop of St Andrews from 1575.
Life
Adamson was born at Perth where his father, Patrick Adamson, a burgess became Dean of Merchant Guildry.
Adamson studied philosophy at the University of St Andrews where he graduated as MA, later receiving a doctorate.
Residence in France
After serving as Minister of Ceres, Fife for three years, in 1565, Adamson travelled to Paris as tutor to the eldest son of Sir James MacGill, the Lord Clerk Register (or Clericus Rotulorum of Scotland), serving there initially as a Knights Hospitaller chaplain.
