Alan Grant Ogilvie

Alan Grant Ogilvie OBE FRSE FRSGS (1887–10 February 1954) was a Scottish geographer after whom the University of Edinburgh's Ogilvie Chair in Human Geography is named.

He was born in Edinburgh in 1887 the son of Sarah Ogston Gill and Francis Grant Ogilvie.

In 1912 he began working as a demonstrator in the geography department at the University.

In the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.

In January 1917 he was seconded to the Royal Engineers to undertake accurate mapping of the Dardanelles and Macedonia.