William Alexander Mackinnon British Army Officer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jun 27, 1830 Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 28 Oct 1897 (aged 67)

English military doctor

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About William Alexander Mackinnon British Army Officer

  • Lieutenant General Sir William Alexander Mackinnon (27 June 1830 – 28 October 1897) was Director-General of the British Army Medical Service (1889–1896). Mackinnon was born in Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
  • He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh, graduating from Edinburgh in 1851 and receiving an FRCS qualification in 1873.
  • In 1853, he enlisted to the 42nd Regiment of Foot as assistant-surgeon and took part in the Crimean War in Alma, Balaklava and Sevastopol, as well as in the New Zealand Maori war (1863–66).
  • Afterwards he served as assistant professor of surgery at Netly (1866–73); Senior Medical Officer of Sir Garnet Wolseley’s Ashanti Force (1873–74); Principal Medical Officer at Aldershot, Colchester, Hong Kong, and at Malta (1874–82); Head of the medical Branch of the Director-General’s Office in London (1882–87); and Principal Medical Officer at Gibraltar (1887–89).After being knighted in the 1891 Birthday Honours, Mackinnon served as an Honorary Surgeon to the Queen.
  • He received an honorary LLD from the University of Glasgow in 1891 and donated £2000 to the university for scholarships.
  • Mackinnon retired on 7 May 1896 and died next year in London.

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