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Alexander Dron Stewart
Lt Col Alexander Dron Stewart IMS CIE FRSE FRCPE FRCSE MID LLD (1883–1969) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and public health expert associated with India. He was joint founder of the Indian National Science Academy in 1935. Life He was born in Blairgowrie in Perthshire on 22 June 1883, the son of William Stewart. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1906. He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 1 September 1906.Indian Army List Jan 1919 In the First World War he served as a surgeon in Gallipoli, Salonika and Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Major in March 1918. After the war he did further training in public health in Edinburgh. He left India permanently in 1935 and settled in Edinburgh. From 1935 to 1948 he was Superintendent of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Lauriston Place. In 1936 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dron Stewart
Lt Col Alexander Dron Stewart Indian Medical Service, IMS Order of the Indian Empire, CIE FRSE Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, FRCPE Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCSE Mentioned in Dispatches, MID LLD (1883–1969) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and public health expert associated with India. He was joint founder of the Indian National Science Academy in 1935. Life He was born in Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie in Perthshire on 22 June 1883, the son of William Stewart. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MB ChB in 1906. He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 1 September 1906.Indian Army List Jan 1919 In the First World War he served as a surgeon in Gallipoli, Salonika and Mesopotamia. He was Mentioned in Dispatches, mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Major in March 1918. After the war he did further training in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |