William Menzies Alexander

William Menzies Alexander (Shettleston, then in Lanarkshire, 12 May 1858 – Edinburgh 30 August 1929) was a Scottish medical and theological writer.

from the University of Glasgow in 1885 Alexander trained as a medical missionary and taught biology and chemistry at Wilson College in Bombay, before returning to Scotland to complete M.B.

He returned to Scotland and was appointed Professor of the new Free Church College in 1904, teaching most subjects in the curriculum, including Hebrew.

He is buried nearby his home, with his wife, Agnes Campbell (1852–1933), in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.

His unusual polished black stone stands on an east–west path near the centre of the cemetery, towards its western end.