Alexander Miles (surgeon)

Alexander Miles (1865-1953) was a Scottish surgeon born at Leith who rose to become surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he later served as consulting surgeon. Educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, he took his MB, CM in 1888 and his MD in 1891, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1890. He was admired as a surgical teacher, taught operative surgery in the Edinburgh Extramural School of Medicine, and served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1927. He co-wrote the popular Manual of Surgery with Alexis Thomson, wrote a handbook for surgical nurses, and wrote on the history of Edinburgh surgery. He was joint editor of the Edinburgh Medical Journal from 1911 to 1935.