Menzies, Alexander

Education

Student United College 1784-1785 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1785-1786 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov. 1786-1787 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Log. 1787-1788 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Ethics; N. Phil. (Ternar). Chancellor’s prize, Public Latin theme, 1785.

Career

Possibly the man who was Medical student Edinburgh University 1789-1793, M.D. 1793.

Hospital mate, Army Medical Service 1810. Assistant surgeon 17th Dragoons 1801. Surgeon 3rd Battalion Light Infantry 1803. 90th Foot 1804. Staff 1807. Physician 1813. Deputy Inspector of hospitals 1815. [Doctor]

Death

Died on passage from Barbados to England 16.3.1822.

Sources

  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 2091