Zachary Boyd

Zachary Boyd
Born1585
Scotland
Died1653 (aged 67–68)
Occupationreligious writer

Zachary Boyd (1585–1653) was a Scottish minister and university administrator who wrote many sermons, scriptural versifications and other devotional works.[1][2] He served as Dean of Faculties, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Glasgow during the 1630s and 1640s, and bequeathed a generous legacy to the university including his library and large manuscript collection of unpublished sermons and verse.[3]

  1. ^ Zachary Boyd. University of Glasgow (multi-tab page)
  2. ^  Cousin, John William (1910), "Boyd, Zachary", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, p. 44 – via Wikisource
  3. ^ "The University of Glasgow Story".