Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers

Located on the junction of George Street and Castle Street, this statue of Thomas Chalmers was created by noted Edinburgh sculptor Sir John Steell (1804 – 1891).

Born in Anstruther in Fife, Thomas Chalmers was a celebrated Scottish mathematician and was the leader of the Free Church of Scotland.

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