Alexander Hood (Governor of Bermuda)
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Lieutenant-general Sir Alexander Hood KCVO CBE FRCP FRCSE |
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25 September 1888 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 11 September 1980 (aged 91) Bermuda |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | George Watson's College |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
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| Children | 3 |
Lieutenant-general Sir Alexander Hood KCVO CBE FRCP FRCSE (25 September 1888 – 11 September 1980) was a physician and British Army medical officer who served as the Director General of Army Medical Services from 1941 to 1948. He subsequently served as Governor of Bermuda from 1949 to 1955.
Hood was born in Leith, Edinburgh, and educated at George Watson's College. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1910 and achieving his MD in 1931. In 1918, Hood married Evelyn Dulcia Ellwood, with whom he had one son and two daughters.
After spending one year as the house surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Hood joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served in France and Belgium during the First World War, and then in India and Afghanistan shortly afterwards. He became a specialist in pathology, serving in Meerut and Bangalore and then as deputy assistant district pathologist for Madras region. Hood conducted research on cerebrospinal meningitis and pneumonic plague, and in 1929 he was appointed assistant district pathologist to Southern Command.
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