George Alexander Carse FRSE RSSA (20 June 1880 – 20 August 1950) was a leading Scottish physicist and educationalist.

[1] Carse graduated in 1903, and received a doctorate in 1908, having attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1904 to 1907 (working at the Cavendish Laboratory).

[2] In November 1904, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his main proposer being Professor George Chrystal.

[4] Carse spent the majority of his working life lecturing in physics at the University of Edinburg.

Carse served as the Vice President to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, in 1935/36 and 1946/47, respectively.