Dr Gordon MacLeod (1964–2022)

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.

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...

Colonel Kenneth MacLeod

MacLeod, i.m.s. (retired), on the 17th December 1922, at the age of 82 years will have been received in Calcutta by his many friends with much regret, as it means the breaking of another of the few remaining links with the oldtime days when the Service which he so much adorned was in its pristine glory and usefulness. Kenneth MacLeod was born in North Uist in 1840: he took his M. A., Edin., in ...