Alexander Robertson (veterinarian)

Sir Alexander Robertson CBE FRSE FRCVS FRIUC FRSH LLD (1908–1990) was a 20th Scottish veterinarian and administrator.

Life

He was born on 3 February 1908 in Aberdeen the youngest (and only surviving) child of Alexander Robertson a chaiffeur and gardener, and his wife, Barbara Minty Strath.[1] He was educated at Mackie Academy in Stonehaven.

He studied veterinary science at Aberdeen University graduating with an M.A. degree in 1929 and a B.Sc. in 1930.

In 1937 he joined the staff of the Dick Vet College in Edinburgh, as a lecturer in Animal Physiology, obtaining a doctorate (PhD) at Edinburgh University in 1940. From that year he was Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Dick Vet.

In 1946 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alan William Greenwood, James Ebenezer Wilson, John Russell Greig and Donald Capell Matheson. He served as Vice President of the Society from 1969 to 1972.[2]

In 1951 he became Professor of Animal Health at Edinburgh University.

Queen Elizabeth II made him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1963 and knighted him in 1970. He was given an honorary doctorate (LLD) by Aberdeen University in 1971.

He died in Edinburgh on 5 September 1990.

Recognition

A plaque to his memory was erected on Marischal College soon after his death.[3]

Family

In 1936 he married Janet McKinlay (d.1988).

Publications

  • Handbook of Tropical Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis (1982)

References

  1. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Alexander robertson
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ https://online.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Services/CommemorativePlaque/PlaqueDetail.aspx?Id=36


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