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Lt Col '''Anderson Gray McKendrick''' DSc [[FRSE]] (8 September 1876 – 30 May 1943) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] military [[physician]] and [[epidemiologist]] who pioneered the use of mathematical methods in [[epidemiology]]. [[Joseph Oscar Irwin|Irwin]] (see below) commented on the quality of his work, "Although an amateur, he was a brilliant mathematician, with a far greater insight than many professionals." | Lt Col '''Anderson Gray McKendrick''' DSc [[FRSE]] (8 September 1876 – 30 May 1943) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] military [[physician]] and [[epidemiologist]] who pioneered the use of mathematical methods in [[epidemiology]]. [[Joseph Oscar Irwin|Irwin]] (see below) commented on the quality of his work, "Although an amateur, he was a brilliant mathematician, with a far greater insight than many professionals." | ||
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McKendrick was born at 2 Chester Street<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1876-77</ref> in [[Edinburgh]] the fifth and last child of [[John Gray McKendrick]] FRS, a distinguished [[physiologist]], and his wife, Mary Souttar. His older brother was [[John Souttar McKendrick]] [[FRSE]] (1874-1946). | McKendrick was born at 2 Chester Street<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1876-77</ref> in [[Edinburgh]] the fifth and last child of [[John Gray McKendrick]] FRS, a distinguished [[physiologist]], and his wife, Mary Souttar. His older brother was [[John Souttar McKendrick]] [[FRSE]] (1874-1946). | ||
He was educated at [[Kelvinside Academy]] then trained as a doctor at the [[University of Glasgow]] qualifying MB ChB in 1900.<ref name="Herald 31May1943">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTlAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3922%2C1565609 |title=Lieut. Colonel A. G. M'Kendrick |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=31 May 1943 |page=4 |accessdate=1 May | He was educated at [[Kelvinside Academy]] then trained as a doctor at the [[University of Glasgow]] qualifying MB ChB in 1900.<ref name="Herald 31May1943">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTlAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3922%2C1565609 |title=Lieut. Colonel A. G. M'Kendrick |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=31 May 1943 |page=4 |accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> He then was commissioned in the British Army and joined the Indian Medical Service. At the rank of Lt Colonel he led an expedition into [[Somaliland]] in 1903/4 as part of what was then known as the Dervish Wars.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
He later worked with [[Ronald Ross]] and eventually would continue his work on mathematical epidemiology. His primary interest was in research and he was director of the [[Pasteur Institute]] at [[Kasauli]] in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] 1914–1920.<ref name="Herald 31May1943"/> He was invalided home to Britain in 1920 and settled in Edinburgh where he became Superintendent of the Laboratory of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]. He held this post for the rest of his life. | He later worked with [[Ronald Ross]] and eventually would continue his work on mathematical epidemiology. His primary interest was in research and he was director of the [[Pasteur Institute]] at [[Kasauli]] in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] 1914–1920.<ref name="Herald 31May1943"/> He was invalided home to Britain in 1920 and settled in Edinburgh where he became Superintendent of the Laboratory of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]. He held this post for the rest of his life. | ||