# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-duff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:36:20.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-duff"
name: "Alexander Duff"
slug: "alexander-duff"
description: "Alexander Duff, was a Scottish missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education. He was a Moderator of the General Assembly and convener of the foreign missions committee of the Free Church of Scotland and a scientific liberal reformer of anglicized evangelism across the Empire. He was the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. On 13 July 1830 he founded the General Assembly's Institution in Calcutta, now known as the Scottish Church College. He also played a part in establishing the University of Calcutta. He was twice Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland in 1851 and 1873, the only person to serve the role twice."
tagline: "Scottish Christian missionary in India (1806–1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rev-alexander-duff-1806-1878-missionary-and-educat.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1806-04-15"
deathDate: "1878-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.741935483870966
  historical:           9.697698666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump