Crombie Alexander, Lld

Crombie Alexander, LL.D., was born at Aberdeen in 1760, and was educated at Marischal College. He became pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in London, and kept a private school at Highgate, and afterwards at Greenwich, with distinguished success. He died in 1842. His principal works are, Natural Theology, or Essays on the Existence of the Deity, etc. (Lond. 1829, 2 vols. 8vo): — SEE GYMNASIUM, SEE SIVE SYMBOLA CRITICA, 5th ed. 1834, 2 vols. 8vo; abridged, 1836, 12mo): A Defence of Philosophical Necessity (1793, 8vo). — Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica , s.v.