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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Douglas Alexander
Douglas Alexander , M.A. (Edin.) M.B.C.M. (Edin.), Physician and Surgeon, Reed Street, Oamaru. Telephone, 7. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Dr. Douglas was born at Walker-on-Tyne in the North of England, and was educated in Edinburgh. He gained his M.A. degree at the Edinburgh University in 1888, and having studied medicine, he took his medical degrees in 1892, in which year he arrived in Wellington, by the s.s. “Tainui.” Till 1896 he assisted Dr. W. H. Hosking, of Masterton, in his practice. In that year Dr. Douglas went to England to specially study diseases of the eye, etc., and on his return he settled in Oamaru and established his present practice. Dr. Douglas was married in 1898 to a daughter of the late Mr. J. Wallace Murdoch, Resident Magistrate, of Waikouiti.