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Alexander McCall Smith

Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith CBE FRSE FRSL (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international…

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Alma mater
University of Edinburgh (LLB, PhD, Emeritus Professor in the School of Law)
Education
Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
Born
Rodney Alexander Alasdair McCall Smith (1948-08-24) 24 August 1948 (age 77) Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Genres
Fiction, crime fiction, children's books, academic non-fiction
Occupations
Professor of medical law, writer

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Alexander McCall Smith → University of Edinburgh (LLB, PhD, Emeritus Professor in the School of Law)
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