William Fettes Pitcairn (14 October 1803 – 25 September 1891) was a Scottish theological author.
The Pitcairn grave, St Cuthberts Churchyard, Edinburgh
Pitcairn was born in Edinburgh on 14 October 1803, the son of Alexander Pitcairn (1746–1819), a wealthy merchant, by his second wife, Jane Trotter. He was first cousin to Robert Pitcairn.[1] The family lived at 4 Forth Street, then a newly built Georgian townhouse in the eastern part of Edinburgh's New Town (still existing but somewhat altered).[2]
He appears to have trained as a lawyer. He lived much of his life with his parents but by 1860 is living independently at 19 Forth Street, a few doors from his family home.[3]
Pitcairn is buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.[6] He lies on a main dividing wall within the churchyard, to the north-west of the church, with his grandfather Alexander Pitcairn.
Publications
Selection of Homilies (1849)
Pastoral Letter, Easter (various years)
The Passion and Resurrection of the Lord (1867)[7]
