Alexander Brunton
Alexander Brunton FRSE FSA (2 October 1772 - 9 February 1854) was a Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland who rose to its highest rank, Moderator of the General Assembly in 1823.
He was born on 2 October 1772 in Edinburgh the son of John Brunton a stay-maker living at the Bow Head.
He had no formal university training but was licensed by the Presbytery of Linlithgow to preach for the Church of Scotland in 1796.
In 1809 he moved to the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in replacement of Rev Andrew Hunter of Barjarg.
[2] In 1813 he was made Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University of Edinburgh serving in this role until 1847.
His proposers were George Dunbar, Macvey Napier, Rev David Ritchie and Alexander Christison.
(Painting by John Watson Gordon )
