Bruce, Henry Alexander

Education

Student United College 1823-1824 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun.; Math. Jun. 1824-1825 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. 2. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Baptised 31.12.1809 son of Alexander Bruce, ships carpenter, Crail and Harriet Pote.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - M.D. 1829. M.R.C.S.Eng. 1828.

Assistant surgeon Bengal medical service 1830. Inspector General 1865 . Retired 1866. [Doctor]

Death

Died Burntisland 8.5.1894 aged 86.

Sources

  • D.G. Crawford, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615-1930 (London, 1930) B 1184 which gives his date of birth as 9.4.1806
  • F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
  • Deaths Reg. Burntisland 1894/26