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'''Alexander Stewart-Wilson''' [[Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists|FRCOG]] (13 March 1884 - 2 November 1943) was a Scottish [[gynaecologist]] and foundation fellow of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]].
He was born in Glasgow, the son of John Wilson, a grocer.<ref name=":1" /> He acquired his MBChB from the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1911.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH22594&type=P|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Alexander Stewart Wilson|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref>   In 1913 he went to South Africa and accepted an appointment at the Addington Hospital in [[Durban]].<ref name=":0" />
During the First World War, he returned to England to become Captain in the South Africa Field Ambulance Regiment,  serving in France and at the [https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/richmond-parks-south-african-military-hospital/ South African Military Hospital] in [[Richmond Park]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Captain Alexander Stewart Wilson. University of Glasgow First World War Roll of Honour Records|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-browse/?start=160&max=20&l=W#3145|access-date=2021-11-09|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Captain Alexander Stewart Wilson|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=3145|access-date=2021-11-09|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk}}</ref>
Following the war, he returned to South Africa, established a successful practice in Durban, and continued his association with the Addington Hospital<ref name="roy">Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). (2014) [https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/library-services/heritage/rcog_roll_of_fm_on_active_service_1914-1918.pdf RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918.] London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 14. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150928042242/https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/library-services/heritage/rcog_roll_of_fm_on_active_service_1914-1918.pdf Archived here.]</ref><ref name=":0" />  He was a member of the [[South African Medical Association]].<ref name=":0" />
After a long illness, he died at his home in Durban in 1943.<ref name=":0" /> He was described in his obituary in the ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' as a "brilliant operator, an original thinker, and a man of sound judgment".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=February 12, 1944|title=Obituary: A. Stewart Wilson, F.R.C.S.Ed.|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=1|issue=4336|pages=237–238|issn=0007-1447|pmc=2283511}}</ref>
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