The New International Encyclopædia/Carson, Alexander

CAR′SON, Alexander (1776-1844). A Scottish clergyman. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, was educated at Glasgow University, and in 1797 became pastor of a Presbyterian church in Tobermore, or Tubbermore, Ulster, Ireland. In 1805 he turned Independent, and finally (1831), after study of the New Testament for the purpose of refuting Baptist principles, he was converted to those very principles, and published Baptism: Its Mode and Subjects. He was not, however, connected with the Baptist organization of England, nor did he recognize ‘close’ communion. Consult his Life, by Moore (New York, 1853).