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Alexander Levie

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Alexander ("Alsie") Levie FRSE FRCVS (1865–1955) was a Scottish veterinary surgeon.

Life

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He was born on 31 August 1865 in the manse at Nesting, Shetland the son of Rev William Levie of Aberdeen (1831–1901) and his wife Eliza Greig Pole (1835–1886).[1] He studied Veterinary Science in Edinburgh. On qualifying he taught in Nottingham and then for 32 years in Derby.

In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Orlando Charnock Bradley, John Glaister, Robert Wallace and McLauchlan Young.[2]

He died at Overfields, Quarndon in Derbyshire on 5 December 1955.

Family

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In 1893 he married Mary Anna Osborne Campbell (1870–1956) at the Commercial Hotel in Kirkcudbright. She was the daughter of Thomas Campbell, vet.[3] They had one daughter, Annie Osborne Levie.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Alexander LEVIE b. 31 Aug 1865 The Manse, Neep, Nesting, Shetland d. 5 Dec 1955 Overfields, Quarndon, Derbyshire, England: Sandison Family History". gritquoy.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ^ Marriages 1893 jghalcrow.co.uk
  4. ^ "Alexander Levie, born 1865". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.