'''John Caird''' (December_15, 1820 - July_30, 1898), theologian, born at Greenock and educated at Glasgow, entered the Church_of_Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers. After being a minister in the country and in Edinburgh, he was transferred to Glasgow, becoming in 1862 Professor of Divinity in the University of that city, and in 1873 Principal. A sermon on ''Religion_in_Common_Life'', preached before Queen Victoria, made him known throughout the Protestant world. He wrote an ''Introduction_to_the_Philosophy_of_Religion'' (1880), and a vol. on ''Spinoza'' (1888). {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}} Caird, John Caird, John Caird, John