| Authorised form of name | Alison; Archibald (1757 - 1839) |
| Dates | 1757 - 1839 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1757 |
| Date of death | 17 May 1839 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St John's Churchyard, Edinburgh |
| Activity | Education:
In Glasgow, where he met Dugald Stewart (FRS 1814); BCL (1784, Balliol College, Oxford)
Career:
Took Holy Orders in the Church of England; incumbent of Sudbury, Northampton; published 'Essay on the nature and principles of taste' (1790); Perpetual Curate, Kenley, Shropshire (1790); minister of the Episcopal Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh (1800)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/11/1792 |
| Relationships | Possibly the son of Patrick Alison, Provost of Edinburgh; married Dorothea, daughter of Dr John Gregory (FRS 1756) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 p 177
Notes:
Burke's Peerage names his father as Archibald Alison of New Hall, Angusshire |
| Code | NA7285 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/3/38 | Letter from Archibald Alison, Kenley, to Joseph Planta | 1 December 1792 |
| IM/000071 | Alison, Archibald | April 1823 |
| EC/1792/08 | Alison, Archibald: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |