Alexander Nairne

Alexander Nairne D.D. (died 1936) was a Canon of Windsor from 1921 to 1936[1] and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.

Career

He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and graduated DD in 1914.

He was appointed:

  • Assistant curate of Great St Mary's, Cambridge 1887 - 1889
  • Assistant Master at Harrow School 1890 - 1892
  • Assistant curate at Hadleigh, Suffolk 1892 - 1894
  • Rector of Tewin 1894 - 1912
  • Professor Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, King’s College, London 1900 - 1917
  • Vicar of All Saints Church, Cambridge 1917 - 1919
  • Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge 1917
  • Canon of Chester Cathedral 1914 - 1922
  • Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1922 - 1932

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1921, and held the stall until 1936.

Notes
  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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