æz ɐ skˈɑːlɚ, hiː wʌz ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌv mˈɛni wˈɜːks ʌv θˈʌɹoʊ skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə mˈɛdɪˌiːvəl tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪn skˈɑːtlənd: ɪts kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən, ˌɔːɹɡɐnəzˈeɪʃən ænd lˈɔː nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn ænd ðə bˈɪʃəps ʌv skˈɑːtlənd: bˌiːɪŋ nˈoʊts ɔnðə lˈaɪvz ʌv ˈɔːl ðə bˈɪʃəps, ˌʌndɚɹ ˈiːtʃ əv ðə sˈiːz, pɹˈaɪɚ tə ðə ɹᵻfoːɹmˈeɪʃən nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv.
As a scholar, he was author of many works of thorough scholarship, including The Medieval Church in Scotland: its constitution, organisation and law (1910) and The Bishops of Scotland: being notes on the lives of all the bishops, under each of the sees, prior to the Reformation (1912).