Alexander Gerard

Alexander Gerard FRSE (1728 –1795) was a Scottish minister, academic and philosophical writer.

He was born on 22 February 1728, the son of Gilbert Gerard (died 1738), at the manse in Garioch in Aberdeenshire.

In 1750 he returned to the University of Aberdeen to lecture in moral philosophy, becoming a professor in 1752, based at Marischal College.

The grave lies near the south east corner of the eastern cathedral enclosure.

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Greyfriars (John Knox) Kirk, Broad Street, Aberdeen
The grave of Rev Alexander Gerard, St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen