Alexander Cruden MA
(1699-1770)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Alexander Cruden 1699-1770 Master of Arts, Marischal College, Compiler of the Concordance to the Bible, was born in a house in Cruden's Court near this spot
Cruden's Court, off Concert Court, Broad Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom where they was born (1699)
Alexander Cruden 1690-1770 Humanist scholar and intellectual. Born Aberdeen, educated Marischal College, came to London 1719 as tutor, appointed Book Seller to Queen Caroline in 1737, compiled the Concordance to the Bible, died here in Camden Passage, November 1st. 'whom niether infirmity nor neglect could debase' Nelson 1811
45 Camden Passage, Islington, N1, London, United Kingdom where they died (1770)