Fergus Kerr

Fergus Gordon Thomson Kerr OP FRSE (born 16 July 1931) is a Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican province.

He has published significantly on a wide range of subjects, but is famous particularly for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein and Thomas Aquinas.

Following his education at Banff Academy and his service in the RAF (1953–1955), Kerr entered the Order of Preachers in 1956.

In service to the English Dominican province, Kerr was Prior at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford from 1969 to 1978.

[5] Kerr was awarded an Honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Edinburgh in December 2019.