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Sir William Alexander Mackinnon (27 June 1830 – 28 October 1897) was Director-General of the British Army Medical Service (1889–1896). Mackinnon was born in Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland. He studied medicine at the

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, graduating from Edinburgh in 1851 and receiving an

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qualification in 1873. In 1853, he enlisted to the

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as assistant-surgeon and took part in the

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, as well as in the New Zealand Maori war (1863–66). Afterwards he served as assistant professor of surgery at Netly (1866–73); Senior Medical Officer of

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’s Ashanti Force (1873–74); Principal Medical Officer at Aldershot, Colchester, Hong Kong, and at Malta (1874–82); Head of the medical Branch of the Director-General's Office in London (1882–87); and Principal Medical Officer at

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(1887–89). After being knighted in the

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, Mackinnon served as an Honorary Surgeon to the Queen. He received an honorary LLD from the University of Glasgow in 1891 and donated £2000 to the university for scholarships. Mackinnon retired on 7 May 1896 and died next year in London.

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