Nimmo, Alexander ♂

Education

Student United College 1796-1797 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun.; Math. Jun. 1797-1798 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Math. Prov.; Log. 1798-1799 Lat. Prov.; Ethics; N. Phil. (Ternar). Bayne bursar, 1796.

Birth/childhood

Born Cupar 1783 son of [?John] Nimmo, watchmaker then ironmonger, Kirkcaldy.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - 1799-1800.

Teacher Fortrose Academy c. 1802-1805. Rector Inverness Academy 1805-1811. Government engineer from 1811. Did much of his work in Ireland. Involved in fixing boundaries of Scottish counties.

Publications

Death

Died in Dublin 20.1.1832.

Sources

• UYUC400:2.11.1796
• Cupar town council minute 26.7.1796
• DNB
• Annual Register 1832 p181
• Annual biography and obituary. 1833
• M.F. Conolly, Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife (Cupar, 1866)
• J. Marshall, A Biog. Dict. of railway engineers p164 - 5