About Alexander Moffat
Alexander Moffat was a Scottish physicist and priest.
Alexander Moffat (c. 1870 – 4 June 1936) was a 20th-century Scottish minister and physicist. He was professor of physics at the Christian College in Madras, India.
Life He was born in Scotland around 1870. He studied both Divinity and Physics and graduated MA BSc.
In 1892 he arrived in India and began teaching physics at the Madras Christian College.
In 1906 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Gordon MacGregor, William Peddie, Cargill Gilston Knott and John Gibson.
He retired in 1927 and died in India on 4 June 1936.
Family Little of his personal life is known other than that he was married.
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Who was Alexander Moffat?
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When did Alexander Moffat die?
Alexander Moffat died on 4 June 1936.
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Alexander Moffat was a physicist and priest.
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Alexander Moffat was Scottish.
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