Robert Gordon (minister) was built for him. In September 1825 he moved to the New North Church, collegiate charge, and in 1830 to the High Church. In 1823 Aberdeen University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD). In 1827 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Robert Stevenson. From 1836 till 28 November 1843 he was collector of the Ministers' Widows' Fund. In the 1830s he is listed as living at 27 Lauriston in the Tollcross area of the city. When the conflict which led to the disruption of the Scottish church began, Gordon sided
Robert Gordon University in "The Times Good University Guide 2013". The university was also shortlisted for Sunday Times University of the Year 2012 (the only post-1992 university on the shortlist), but the title was awarded to the University of Bath. For at least two years, the Robert Gordon University has had the highest rate among the UK universities of graduates in employment or postgraduate study six months after graduation. In July 2012, the Higher Education Statistics Agency released figures for graduate employment for those who graduated in 2010/11. Six months after graduation, 97.1% of RGU graduates from full-time undergraduate degree programmes were in