Alexander Bird
Alexander James Bird is a British philosopher and Bertrand [Russell Professorship of Philosophy|Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy] at St John's College, Cambridge.
Career
In 2020, Bird was elected to the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy, succeeding Huw Price. Previously he was Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine at King's College London and the professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol. Bird was lecturer then reader and head of department at the University of Edinburgh. Bird has also taught at Dartmouth College and at Saint Louis [University (United States)|Saint Louis University] and was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He was chair of the philosophy sub-panel in Research Excellence Framework 2014.Bird represented CULRC in the 1990 Henley Boat Races against OULRC.