Alexander Mactier Pirrie

Alexander Mactier Pirrie FRAI (1882–13 November 1907) was an early 20th century Scottish anthropologist.

[1] He studied anthropology at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a BSc in 1904.

In 1906 he went to the Sudan with the Wellcome Research Institute to work in their laboratory in Khartoum.

[2] Hoping for improved treatment in Britain he sailed home but died at Chalmers Hospital in Edinburgh on 13 November 1907.

He is buried in the north (Victorian) section of Dean Cemetery.

The grave of Alexander Mactier Pirrie, Dean Cemetery