Andrew Balfour
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Sir Andrew Balfour 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.
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10 Henrietta Street, first home of the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research.
Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory, Khartoum. Henry Wellcome is sat centrally with white pith helmet on lap; Balfour is to his right.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street
Balfour, back row second from left, with the 1896 Scotland team
Plaque to commemorate Sir Andrew Balfour at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The grave of Andrew Balfour, Grange Cemetery, EdinburghTeams 2
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Patrick MunroAlso played for Scotland national rugby union team
Norman BiggsAlso played for Cambridge University RUFC
Bill MaclaganAlso played for Scotland national rugby union teamAlasdair DickinsonAlso played for Scotland national rugby union teamCharles Plumpton WilsonAlso played for Cambridge University RUFC
Edward Innes PocockAlso played for Scotland national rugby union teamAbout this person
Sir Andrew Balfour 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. As well as writing medical publications, Balfour also wrote historical fiction and fantasy 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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