Frederick Campbell, circa 1911.
Frederick Alexander Campbell, engineer and educationist was born at Melrose, Scotland, the son of the Rev Alexander James Campbell and Mary Turner Wedderburn nee Heriot Maitland. He arrived in Geelong in 1859, spending his boyhood in the precincts of St George's Presbyterian Church, where his father, was in charge. The latter, in conjunction with the late George Morrison, founded Geelong College, at the opening of which, in 1861, Fred Campbell was present. He was a student at the School from 1861 until 1870 and matriculated in 1871.