David Kennedy Fraser FRSE FEIS (10 February 1888 – 26 August 1962) was a Scottish psychologist, educator and amateur mathematician.
[1] He was the grandson of the celebrated Scottish singer David Kennedy and was named in his honour.
Fraser was born on 10 February 1888 in Edinburgh the son of the celebrated singer Marjory Kennedy (1857-1930) and Alexander Yule Fraser FRSE (1850-1890), a maths teacher at George Watson's College.
His mother raised Fraser at their home, 5 Mayfield Road[2] in south Edinburgh, together with his grandmother, two aunts and his sister, Helen Patuffa, in an all-female environment.
In 1923 he became a Psychologist for Glasgow Education Authority, working at Jordanhill Training College.