Robert Howie

Robert Howie (1568–c.1646) was a senior Church of Scotland minister who served both as Principal of St Andrews University and of Aberdeen University. Life Howie was born in or near Aberdeen in 1568 the eldest son of Robert Howie, a city merchant and burgess. He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen then travelled to Europe where he did further studies at both Herborn in Germany and Basel in Switzerland. In both he wrote several books, all in Latin. On return to Scotland, he was appointed one of the ministers of the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen in 1591. In 1594 he was appointed as the first principal of the newly founded Marischal College, now known as Aberdeen University. In 1598, he translated to be minister of Dundee, his place as principal filled by Gilbert Gray.