W. Hastie (1842 - 1903)

William Hastie MA DD (7 July 1842 – 31 August 1903) was a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and translator. He produced the first English translation of the Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven, by Immanuel Kant. Hastie led the General Assembly's Institution in Calcutta, where he was credited with developing the Hindu advocate Swami Vivekananda. Hastie recovered from a ruinous libel case in Calcutta to become the Professor of Divinity at University of Glasgow.