Alec Garden Fraser

Reverend Alexander Garden Fraser (1873-1962), MA, CBE, is one of the founders of Achimota School and the first Principal of the School (1924–1935). The other founders are Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, former governor of the Gold Coast (1919–1927), and Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, the first Assistant Vice Principal (1924–1927).

Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser, CBE, was born in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on 6 October 1873, the eldest son of Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser (1848-1919), later Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and his first wife Agnes Whitehead née Archibald ( -1879). Educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Oxford, he initially intended to study law, but became involved with the Student Volunteer Missionary Union. He was ordained and eventually became a renowned educationist and missionary. Prior to joining Achimota School, he was the Principal of the Trinity College, Ceylon, for the 20-year period from 1904 to 1924. Rev. Fraser is described as the greatest principal of Trinity College. To quote,