Marischal College - Alumni

Alumni

Notable alumni of Marischal College include:

• Alexander Bain (1818–1903), Philosopher, Educationalist, Professor of Logic and Lord Rector of University of Aberdeen
• James Blair (Virginia), (1656–1743), clergyman, founder of College of William and Mary
• Robert Brown (1773–1858), botanist; discoverer of Brownian Motion
• James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–99), jurist, philosopher, linguist; thinker on evolution
• [[Sir David Gill (1843-1914) Astrophotographer
• Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (1823-1897), missionary, geologist and editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary
• Alexander Keith, D.D. Church of Scotland theologian
• Nathaniel Lardner (1684–1768), English theologian
• Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, General, hero of the Indian Mutiny, buried in Westminster Abbey
• Sir Alexander Ogston, Scottish surgeon; discoverer of Staphylococcus aureus
• Rev John Skinner (1721–1807), poet, historian and ecclesiastic.