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Melville (ANDREW a Scotch reformer born)

ANDREW, a Scotch reformer; born in Baldovie, Forfarshire, Scotland, Aug. 1, 1545. After completing his education at St. Andrew's University, he was appointed, in 1574, principal of Glasgow College, and took a leading part in the establishment of Pres- MELVILLE byterianism in Scotland. In 1582, being then the principal of St. Mary's College, St. Andrew's, Melville was the first to sign the well-known Remonstrance of the Presbyterian clergy against the royal policy in ecclesiastical affairs. He was then summoned before the Privy Council on a charge of treason, and sentenced to imprisonment. He evaded the latter, however, by escaping into England, returning to Scotland, eventually, in 1585. In 1595, Melville was elected Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University. Expatriated to France for political offenses, Melville was made Professor of Theology at the University of Sedan. He died in Sedan, France, in 1622.