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Lindsay, Andrew Walter Herdman
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1870–1915
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Andrew Walter Herdman Lindsay was a physician, professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University and secretary to the Faculty of Medicine from 1885-1915. He was born in 1870 in PIctou, Nova Scotia, and educated at Pictou Academy and Dalhousie, where he earned a BA in 1875. He earned his MB, CM from the University of Edinburgh and returned to Halifax to practice medicine and teach at Halifax Medical College. He served as registrar for the Medical Board of Nova Scotia for 30 years, and died of a heart attack while attending a board meeting in 1915.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Medicine (1868-)
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Dates of relationship
1911-1915
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The Halifax Medical College was reintegrated back into Dalhousie University in 1911 and became the Faculty of Medicine once again. Andrew Walter Herdman Lindsay served as Secretary of the Faculty from 1911-1915.