Frank Alexander (veterinarian)

Frank Alexander

School, Edinburgh from 1970 to 1974.

Life

Alexander was born on 18 March 1917, the son of Sydney Alexander in

.

In 1940 Alexander was elected a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He then undertook a postgraduate degree in Pharmacology at the University of Edinburghfunded by the Agricultural Research Council, under Alfred Joseph Clark. His PhD thesis was one of the world's first studies on pharmacokinetics (January 1944). Clark died during his supervision of Alexander and was replaced by Sir John Gaddum.^[1]

In February 1944, during the

. In 1952 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pharmacology at the Dick Vet, which by then was part of the University of Edinburgh.

In 1961 Alexander was elected a Fellow of the

.

Alexander retired in 1984 and was succeeded as Dean by Ainsley Iggo. He died in Edinburgh on 4 March 1998 aged 80.

Publications

• Experimental Study on the Digestive Tract of the Horse (1954)
• An Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacology (1960)

Artistic Recognition

Alexander was one of twenty "shadow portraits" created in the Summerhall building of the college, depicting former Principals. The portraits are now in the Easter Bush buildings.^[3]

Family

He was married to Peggy Reedie (d. 1984). They had no children.

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