Died: 6 September 1949 in Edinburgh, Scotland

James McBride was educated at Queen's College, Belfast. He was awarded a B.A. from the Royal University of Ireland, then was awarded a B.Sc. from London University.

In 1896 McBride was appointed as Mathematics Master at Allan Glen's School in Glasgow. He held this position until 1919 when he was appointed Headmaster of North Kelvinside Higher Grade School in Oxford Drive, Glasgow. He spent six years in this position before moving to Queen's Park School, Glasgow, where he was rector from 1925 to 1929 when he retired at the age of sixty.

McBride was a Founding Member of Euclidian Society in 1926, being elected as its president in 1930 and continuing in this role until he was made Honorary Vice-President in 1947. He was also a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, becoming a member in January 1905. He served on the Committee from 1907 for several years. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 8 March 1926, his proposers being Dugald Black McQuistan, Thomas Murray MacRobert, Sir Edmund T Whittaker, W King Gillies.

An obituary, written by R A Robb, appears in the Royal Society of Edinburgh Year Book 1950, page 27. 
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1. R A Robb, James Alexander McBride, B.A., B.Sc., Royal Society of Edinburgh Year Book 1950, 27.