Geddes

Alexander, a Scottish Biblical critic; born in Ruthven, Banffshire, Scotland, in September, 1737. He was educated for a priest first in Scalan, in the Highlands, next at the Scots College, Paris, where he acquired a knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, German, and Dutch. Through the munificence of Lord Petre he published a translation of the Bible into English for the use of Roman Catholics (1792- 1800), the last volume containing his “ Critical Remarks on the Hebrew Scriptures.” These volumes, especially the last, are startlingly heretical, offending Catholics and Protestants alike, and exposed Geddes to the charge of oa 4 He died in London, Feb. 26, 1802.