Alexander Nairne (1862–1936) was a

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from 1921 to 1936 and

Regius Professor of Divinity The Regius Professorships of Divinity are amongst the oldest professorships at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. A third chair existed for a period at Trinity College Dublin. The Oxford and Cambridge chairs were founded by ...

at Cambridge.'Canon Nairne', The Times, 16 March 1936

Career

He was educated at

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St ...

, and graduated DD in 1914. He was appointed: *Assistant curate of

Great St Mary's, Cambridge St Mary the Great is a Church of England parish and university church at the north end of King's Parade in central Cambridge, England. It is known locally as Great St Mary's or simply GSM to distinguish it from "Church of St Mary the Less, Cambri ...

1887 - 1889 *Assistant Master at

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1890 - 1892 *Assistant curate at Hadleigh, Suffolk 1892 - 1894 *Rector of Tewin 1894 - 1912 *Professor Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, King’s College, London 1900 - 1917 *Vicar of

All Saints Church, Cambridge All Saints' is a church on Jesus Lane in central Cambridge, England, which was built by the architect George Frederick Bodley. The church was constructed in stages between 1863 and 1870 and is a notable example of English Gothic architecture, E ...

1917 - 1919 *Dean of

1917 *Canon of Chester Cathedral 1914 - 1922 *

at Cambridge 1922 - 1932 He was appointed to the eleventh stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ...

, in 1921, and held the stall until 1936.

References

1875 births 1936 deaths Academics of King's College London Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge) Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Canons of Windsor {{UK-academic-bio-stub