1. cameron, john a learned divine, born in Glasgow, who held several professorial appointments on the Continent; was for a timePrincipal of Glasgow University; his knowledge was so extensive that he was styled a "walking library," but he fell in disfavour with the people for his doctrine of passive obedience, and he died of a wound inflicted by an opponent of his views (1579-1625).
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