User:Dāsānudāsa/Bob Alexander (doctor)
Bob Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Robert Dudley Alexander 14 August 1899 Canterbury, England |
| Died | 18 July 1957 (aged 57) Mirtola, Almora district, India |
| Nationality | British, Indian |
| Notable work(s) | Moore's Manual of Family Medicine & Hygiene for India (10th edition) |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School |
| Monastic name | Sri Haridas |
| Organization | |
| Temple | Uttar Brindaban ashram, Mirtola |
| Senior posting | |
| Guru | Sri Yashoda Mai (diksha), Sri Krishna Prem (vairagya) |
Major Robert Dudley Alexander IMS MRCP(Lond.) (14 August 1899 – 18 July 1957), known as Bob and also by the monastic names Ananda Priya and Sri Haridas, was one of the most prominent doctors in the United Provinces of early 20th-century British India. Following his early retirement from the Indian Medical Service in 1938, he joined the Mirtola ashram of Sri Yashoda Mai and Sri Krishna Prem, where he remained until his death from leukaemia in 1957.
recognised as one of the best diagnosticians (obit) and eminent surgeon (Nehru)
See also[edit]
- Mirtola
- Krishna Prem
- List of Indian Medical Service officers
- List of converts to Hinduism
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism
References[edit]
Category:Devotees of Krishna Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Category:Alumni of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Category:Members of the Royal College of Physicians Category:Converts to Hinduism Category:English emigrants to India Category:20th-century English medical doctors Category:English surgeons Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors Category:Indian surgeons Category:Medical doctors from Uttar Pradesh Category:King George's Medical University alumni Category:1898 births Category:1957 deaths