page_title: Thomas MacKnight (minister)
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas MacKnight (minister)
caption_attribution_description: 19th century watercolour of Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh&#160;; inscription reads "'Old Trinity Church, Paul's Work, Low Calton, Edinburgh John Le Conte Demolished 1847-8 for North British Railway Station."
context_page_description: The Very Rev Dr Thomas MacKnight DD FRSE FSA MWS was a Scottish minister based in Edinburgh who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1820. He is also remembered as a gifted physicist, mathematician and geologist.
context_section_description: The Very Rev Dr Thomas MacKnight DD FRSE FSA MWS (1762–1836) was a Scottish minister based in Edinburgh who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1820. He is also remembered as a gifted physicist, mathematician and geologist.
caption: Watercolour from the early 1840s depicting Trinity College Church
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