Alexander Webster (1708 - January 25, 1784), Scottish writer and minister, son of James Webster, a covenanting minister originally from Fife, was born in Edinburgh. Alexander became a minister in the Church of Scotland, beginning his career in Culross in Fife. There he met and married Mary Erskine of Alva, for whom he wrote: :"When I see thee, I love thee, but hearing adore,<br> :"I wonder, and think you a woman no more;<br> :"Till, mad with admiring, … Wikipedia
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