Alexander Bain was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism and a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform. He founded Mind, the first ever journal of psychology and analytical philosophy, and was the leading figure in establishing and applying the scientific method to psychology. Bain was the inaugural Regius Chair in Logic and Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen, where he also held Professorships in Moral Philosophy and English Literature and was twice elected Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen.
Alexander Mikhailovich Bakunin was a Russian diplomat, a prominent member of the Tver nobility, poet and publicist from the Bakunin family. He owned the Pryamukhino estate, where he was visited by famous figures of Russian culture including Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolai Stankevich and Timofey Granovsky. He was also the father of the revolutionary socialist Mikhail Bakunin.
Alexander Balloch Grosart was a Scottish clergyman and literary editor. He is chiefly remembered for reprinting much rare Elizabethan literature, a work which he undertook because of his interest in Puritan theology.
Alexander Balloch Grosart war ein schottischer Geistlicher, Autor und Herausgeber. Einen Namen machte er sich vor allem mit der Neuausgabe und dem Nachdruck zahlreicher literarischer Werke insbesondere aus der elisabethanischen und jakobäischen Zeit.
Alexander Balloch Grosart foi um clérigo e editor literário escocês. Ele é lembrado principalmente por republicar muita literatura rara elisabetana, uma obra que ele empreendeu por causa de seu interesse na teologia puritana.
