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Alexander Dron Stewart
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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]].<ref>Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615 to 1930</ref>
He was joint founder of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1935.<ref>Biographical Memoirs of the Indian National Science Academy vol 18</ref>
==Life==
He was born in [[Blairgowrie]] in [[Perthshire]] on 22 June 1883, the son of William Stewart. He studied Medicine at [[Edinburgh University]] graduating MB ChB in 1906. He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 1 September 1906.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1919</ref>
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.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1919</ref>
He left India permanently in 1935 and settled in Edinburgh.<ref>RSE Yearbook 1969</ref>
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 Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Anderson Gray McKendrick]], [[William Glen Liston]], Sir [[David Wilkie (surgeon)|David Wilkie]], and [[William Frederick Harvey]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He died in [[Edinburgh]] on 16 August 1969.<ref>The Medical Register 1968 part 3</ref>
He was joint founder of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1935.<ref>Biographical Memoirs of the Indian National Science Academy vol 18</ref>
==Life==
He was born in [[Blairgowrie]] in [[Perthshire]] on 22 June 1883, the son of William Stewart. He studied Medicine at [[Edinburgh University]] graduating MB ChB in 1906. He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 1 September 1906.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1919</ref>
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.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1919</ref>
He left India permanently in 1935 and settled in Edinburgh.<ref>RSE Yearbook 1969</ref>
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 Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Anderson Gray McKendrick]], [[William Glen Liston]], Sir [[David Wilkie (surgeon)|David Wilkie]], and [[William Frederick Harvey]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He died in [[Edinburgh]] on 16 August 1969.<ref>The Medical Register 1968 part 3</ref>
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