Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd

Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson Boyd (* November 1825 in Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, † March 1, 1899 in Bournemouth) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and writer.

Boyd studied theology in Glasgow, was ordained in 1851 and served in various parishes since 1864 one in Edinburgh, and later that of St Andrews. As a writer he first attracted attention with two series of anonymous essays published under the title of Recreations of a country parson ( 1859-78 ) in Fraser 's Magazine. This is followed by a series of similar works followed.

Works

• Leisure hours in town. , 1862.
• The commonplace philosopher in town and country (1862 )
• The autumn holidays of a country parson (anonymous, 1864)
• Lessons of middle age (1868 )
• Changed aspects of unchanged truths: memorials of St. Andrews Sundays. London: Longmans, Green, 1869
• Presentday thoughts (1871 )
• Seaside musings on sundays and weekdays (1872 )
• Collected as "Essays " ( new edition, Lond., 1870)
• Landscapes, churches and moralities. By the author of 'The recreations of a country parson. London: Longmans Green, 1874
• Church life in Scotland: retrospect and prospect: address delivered at the close of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on Monday, June 2, 1890 / AKH Boyd. In 1890.
• Twenty -five years of St. Andrews. Sept. 1865 to Sept. 1890. By the author of 'The recreations of a Country Parson '. London: Longmans, Green & C., 1892 ( 2 volumes).
• The last years of St. Andrews. Sept. 1890 to Sept. 1895. By the author of ' Twenty -five years of St. Andrews. London: Longmans, Green, & C., 1896.