Patrick Fairbairn (1805 – 1874) was a Scottish minister and theologian. He joined the Free Church of Scotland after the Disruption of 1843.On his magisterial commentary on Ezekiel, Charles Spurgeon remarked, ''This exposition has gained for its author a high place among elucidators of difficult parts of Scripture. Dr. Fairbairn has a cool judgment and a warm heart; he has cast much light upon Ezekiel’s wheels, and has evidently felt the touch of the live coal, which is better still.''
Rev. Patrick Fairbairn, D.D. (University of Edinburgh, 1826) was a minister and theologian of the Free Church of Scotland. He was Principal and Professor of Church History and Exegesis for the Free Church College from its 1856 founding until his death, and was Professor of Theology at the Free Church Theological College in Aberdeen from 1853.