Alexander ("Alsie") Levie FRSE FRCVS (1865–1955) was a Scottish veterinary surgeon.
Life edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Marriages 1893 jghalcrow.co.uk
- ^ "Alexander Levie, born 1865". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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