Dr Alexander Morgan, O.B.K., M.A., F.R.S.E.. a former Principal and Director of Studies of Edinburgh Provincial Training College, Moray House, and for many years an outstanding figure in Scottish educational circles, died at his home in Edinburgh on Sunday night.

Under Dr Morgan's chairmanship, the Scottish Education Reform Committee (1916-17) issued a report which exerted a powerful influence on educational advances, including the Act of 1918. His zest for education was great, but it was not confined in a narrow pedagogic channel, and the many teachers who passed into the schools of the country from Moray House had reason to be grateful for the wide culture and sympathies of an inspiring Principal. After his retirement from the Provincial Training College, his skill as an organiser and his experience as an administrator were freely put at the disposal of the General Council and the Court of the University of Edinburgh.

A son of the late William Morgan, Leith, he was born at Leith in 1860. His early education was received at North Parish Church School, Aberdeen, and Old Aberdeen Grammar School, and after a period as a pupil-teacher in Aberdeen he went through two years of professional training in the Church of Scotland Training College, Edinburgh.

Proceeding to Edinburgh University, he graduated M.A. with first class honours in mathematics and natural philosophy, and gained the Sir David Baxter Scholarship in mathematics and the Neil Arnott bursary as the most distinguished student of the year in the physical laboratory. Later he took the B.Sc. degree and in 1897 he received the degree of D.Sc. for original investigation in mathematics, conferred for the first time for research in that department.

Immediately after graduation in 1886 he was appointed a lecturer in the Edinburgh Training College, became Principal in 1903, and when the office of Director of Studies was created he combined the duties of that office with those of Principal. He was largely responsible for the closer connection established between that joint office and the University Chair of Education, and also for the institution of the Chair of Education. He retired in 192S.

From 1932 till 1939 Dr Morgan was one of the assessors elected by the Genera Council to the Edinburgh University Court and before joining the Court he rendered valuable service for some years as Convener of the Business Committee of the General Council. In addition lo those services, the University was indebted to him for his laborious and fruitful researches into the University records, part of the results of which were published in the volume of Charters, Statutes, and Acts in 1931, and for his work on the Extra-mural Committee. Dr Morgan was a strenuous worker in the cause of adult education and a voluminous writer on educational subjects. In 1937 the University of Edinburgh conferred upon him the honorary degree of LLD.

For many years Dr Morgan was a leading member of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and was president in 1912. He was a member of the Scottish Savings Committee and received the O.B.E. in 1931. He was at one time chairman of the Morningside Ward Liberal Committee and was a member of the Scottish Liberal Club.

Dr Morgan's wife died in 1941. Their son, Lieut. General Sir William Duthie Morgan, has had a distinguished war record. He succeeded Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander as Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre, last October, and is now C. in C. Central Mediterranean Forces.