Alexander Gerard, Prof. of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen

Biographical Summary

GERARD, ALEXANDER. 22/02/1728-22/01/1795. Ref: 585. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Very Rev.
• Place of Birth: Manse of Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire.
• Profession: Minister of Religion.
• Appointments Held: Licensed CS 1748; Lecturer 1750-2, Professor 1752-60, Moral Philosophy, 1760-71 Divinity, Marischal College, Aberdeen; 1771-95 Divinity, King's College Aberdeen; Minister Greyfriars Church Aberdeen; Moderator 1764, Church of Scotland General Assembly.
• Schools and Tutors: Foveran Parish School, Aberdeen Grammar School.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA (Aberdeen 1744), Edinburgh University for Theology.
• Postgraduate Studies: DD.
• Father: Rev Gilbert Gerard, minister in Aberdeenshire d.1738.
• References: DNB 21, 1890, 210-1; Fasti Eccl. Scot. 6, 1926, 6; Shapin 191.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 350
== Other References ==

• Wikipedia contributors. "Alexander Gerard." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VII, page 372
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 631