William Purdie Dickson DD LLD (1823–1901) was a Scottish minister and theologian.
[3] In that capacity he rearranged the entire library inventory into a single alphabetical sequence and produced a complete catalogue and other finding aids.
[3] Dickson also translated several publications during his career, including Theodor Mommsen's History of Rome and Provinces of the Roman Empire.
[6] Dickson was married to Tassie Wardlaw Small on 7 December 1853 in Cameron, Fife, Scotland.
Dickson's wife and family were members of the Smalls of Dirnanean, Perthshire, Scotland.