Alexander Nairne (1862–1936) was a Canon of Windsor from 1921 to 1936 and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.
Occupation
clergyman
Born
1863
Died
1936
Overview
Alexander Nairne (1862–1936) was a Canon of Windsor from 1921 to 1936 and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.
Career
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated DD in 1914.
He was appointed:
Assistant curate of Great St Mary's, Cambridge 1887 - 1889
Assistant Master at Harrow School 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 1917 - 1919
Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge 1917
Canon of Chester Cathedral 1914 - 1922
Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1922 - 1932
