Falconer, Alexander ♂

Education

Student St Mary’s College 1763-1767. Table bursar, 1766.

Career

Possibly the man who was an arts student at Marischal College, Aberdeen 1758-1762 who may be identical with the student from Ross-shire who attended classes at Kings College 1761.

Doctor [teacher] St Andrews Grammar School 1764 to possibly 1767 [1764-c.1767].

Accused 25.11.1768 of fathering a bastard and ‘now acting as schoolmaster about the border of England.’ Might be the Alexander Falconer at Petersburg, Virginia, who presented snakes to the University 9.4.1789.

Sources

• UYSM400/1/180
• St Andrews Kirk Session minute 25.4.1768