CAMERON, ANDREW (1855-1925) was born in Paisley, Scotland, and came with his parents to Otago in the City of Dunedin (1863). Educated at the Port Chalmers High School, he gained a scholarship at the University, where he graduated B.A. in 1879 as a senior scholar in zoology.

In 1880 he went to Edinburgh to study for the Church and after being licensed by the presbytery there he took courses in theology at the Universities of Jena and Leipzig. He was in charge of the Andersons Bay Church from 1884 for more than 30 years, a wise and sagacious counsellor to his people; shrewd, progressive and conciliatory in the affairs of the parish and the church; always cordially cooperating in social movements and taking his part in the advancement of education in all its branches. He was one of the promoters of the Presbyterian social service association, which spread throughout the church. For many years he was a member, secretary or convenor of the Theological College and he was the first to advocate a residential college building. Knox College is a monument to his vision, persistency and faith. He was for some years a governor of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools, and in 1894 he was appointed to the council of Otago University, of which he was elected vice-chancellor in 1910 and chancellor in 1912. From 1902 he was a member of the senate of the University of New Zealand. In 1919, the year in which he retired from the charge at Andersons Bay, he received the honorary LL.D. of Edinburgh University. Cameron married (1885) Mary, daughter of Peter McKellar (Invercargill). He died on 19 May 1925.

Cycl. NZ, iv; Otago Daily Times, 20 May 1925

Reference: Volume 1, page 82

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