Alexander McCall Smith
Novelist, Author
1948 –
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Who is Alexander McCall Smith?
R. Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born British writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late twentieth century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction. He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. "McCall" is not a middle name: his surname is "McCall Smith".
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1948
Rhodesia - Also known as
- Alexander McCall-Smith
- R. Alexander ""Sandy"" McCall Smith
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Parry
(1982 - )
- Elizabeth Parry
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
- Employment
- Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh Law School
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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