Alexander Nairne
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Alexander Nairne D.D. (d. 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
- ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
