Peter Alexander

Life Alexander was born on 19 September 1893 in Glasgow to Robert Alexander (1844–1900), a Head teacher, and Christina Cameron Alexander (; 1863–1949), a housewife and teacher. Alexander's younger sister was the artist and teacher Ann Dunlop Alexander.

Following the death of his father in 1900, Alexander's mother returned to teaching. He was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, and Whitehill Senior Secondary School in Glasgow. He went to the University of Glasgow in 1911, where John Semple Smart was an influence.

Alexander was Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow and a noted Shakespearean scholar.

Personal life On 15 June 1923 Alexander married Agnes 'Nan' Effie Alexander (née Macdonald; 1895–1970). Together they had three children, including the physician and researcher Donald Alexander (1928–2007) and the literary scholar Nigel Alexander (1934–2005). Alexander's eldest son, Peter 'Sandy' Alexander (1924–1944), was killed serving in Second World War.

On 18 June 1969, Alexander died aged 75 of lung cancer in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire (present-day West Dunbartonshire.

Selected publications Shakespeare (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge) Shakespeare's Life and Art, 1939. Hamlet: Father and Son, 1955. The Complete Works of Shakespeare: The Alexander Text