Andrew Balfour
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1873 – 1931
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Who was Andrew Balfour?
Sir Andrew Balfour KCMG, CB, LL D was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. Balfour is noted as a medical author and also wrote fiction novels, the majority of which were published from 1897 to 1903. In his youth Balfour was also a notable sportsman playing rugby union for Cambridge University in the Varsity Match and was selected to represent the Scotland national team.
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- Born
- Mar 21, 1873
Edinburgh - Education
- George Watson's College
- University of Edinburgh
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Jan 30, 1931
Penshurst
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on July 23, 2013
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