Dr Gordon Knowles

Dr. R. I. S. Gordon

Dr Alexander Gordon of Aberdeen.

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2010: 36(4) Navy surgeon One of the shining lights in the history of obstetrics was Dr Alexander Gordon, who was born in Strachan, about 20 miles south west of Aberdeen in 1752. He studied at Marischal College, where he obtained an MA, and graduated in medicine from Aberdeen University. In 1780, Gordon entered the Navy as surgeon’s mate and 2 years later ach...

Dr R. A. Gordon 1911-1998.

Cross-Cultural Learning and Mentoring: Autoethnographical Narrative Inquiry with Dr. Malcolm Shepherd Knowles

Dr. Malcolm Shepherd Knowles popularized andragogy as the theory of adult learning and was referred to as the Father of Adult Education in the United States (US). As his doctoral students, the authors had extensive personal contacts with him. This paper utilizes the method of autoethnography to explore how cross-cultural learning and cross-cultural mentoring facilitate transformative learning w...

Dr Alexander Gordon (1752-99) and contagious puerperal fever.

Alexander Gordon, one of twin boys, was born in 1752 in the parish of Strachan, 20 miles south west of Aberdeen. Little is known of his early life, but he obtained an MA at Marischal College, and after further study at the Aberdeen Infirmary and in Edinburgh, graduated in medicine at the University of Aberdeen. In 1780, at the age of 28, with testimonial letters from the Corporation of Surgeons...