William Fettes Pitcairn

William Fettes Pitcairn (14 October 1803 – 25 September 1891) was a Scottish theological author.

Pitcairn was born in Edinburgh on 14 October 1803, the son of Alexander Pitcairn (1746–1819), a wealthy merchant, by his second wife, Jane Trotter.

[1] The family lived at 4 Forth Street, then a newly built Georgian townhouse in the eastern part of Edinburgh's New Town (still existing but somewhat altered).

[3] He died on 25 September 1891 at his home 30 York Place in Edinburgh's New Town[4][5] Pitcairn is buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.

[6] He lies on a main dividing wall within the churchyard, to the north-west of the church, with his grandfather Alexander Pitcairn.