William Johnston

William Bryce Johnston, (16 September 1921 – 22 May 2005) was a Church of Scotland minister, most notably Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1980 until 1981. He was Executive Committee Chairman of the British Council of Churches. Life He was born in Edinburgh the son of William B. Johnston, a civil servant, and his wife, Isabel W. Highley. He was educated at George Watson’s College. He then studied Classics and Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and New College Edinburgh.