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Alexander George Home
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/May/1833
Alexander George Home was the son of Captain Home of Whitfield. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1823 and published his dissertation 'Dissertatio medica inauguralis, quaedam de scrofula complectens'. Home served as Resident Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and later practised medicine in Paris for six months. He then served for fourteen years with the 2nd Dragoons as hospital assistant, assistant surgeon and surgeon, retiring in 1852. Home died at his residence in Portobello on 17 September 1875.
Year of medical qualification
1/August/1823
Type of medical qualification
MD
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.