Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (25 June 1849 – 22 January 1940) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge (1882–1903) and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1898–1907).
Life Kirkpatrick was born at Lewes, East Sussex, only son (with three daughters) of Rev. Francis Kirkpatrick, and was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge.Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, ed. H. Pirie-Gordon, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937, p. 2615
He also served as Canon of Ely (1882–1903), Dean of ElyCambridgeshire History On The Net (1906 -1936), Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester (1895–1903) and General Editor for Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (1892–1929),Richard Zuelch: Reiterations: Meditations Old and New on Christianity to which he contributed the commentaries on 1 and 2 Samuel and the Psalms.Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: List of Volumes, Authors, and Dates, accessed 5 August 2017 In his introduction to the book of Psalms, he observed that "they repeat the whispers of the Spirit of God, they reflect the very light of the Eternal Wisdom".Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1906), The Book of Psalms, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges series, accessed 27 September 2018
In 1884, Kirkpatrick married Julia Mary (1858–1943), daughter of Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, rector of Exbury, Hampshire.Haileybury Register, 1862-1891, second edition, ed. L. S. Milford, Stephen Austin & Sons, 1891, p. 19 They had five sons and a daughter.Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, ed. H. Pirie-Gordon, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937, p. 2615
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