Background
ALEXANDER, Robert was born on July 7, 1934 in Lisburn, N. Ireland. Son of Robert Priestley Alexander and Janet (nee McNeill) Alexander.
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Robert McNeill McNeill Alexander
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Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1958. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1959.
Doctor of Science, University Wales, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Aberdeen, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wageningen, Netherlands, 2003.
Career
Assistant lecturer, University College North Wales, Bangor, 1958-1961; lecturer, University College North Wales, 1961-1968; senior lecturer, University College North Wales, 1968-1969; professor, U. Leeds, England, since 1969.
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Membership
Fellow Royal Society, Institute Biology, Zoological Society London (honorary, secretary 1992-1999, science medal 1969), Society for Experimental Biology (president 1995-1997), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (honorary), International Society Vertebrate Morphologists (president 1997-2001), European Academy Scis.
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Son of Robert Priestley and Janet (McNeill) A. Ann Elizabeth Coulton, July 29, 1961. Children: Jane Coulton Dearden, Robert Gordon.
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British
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Recipient Linnean medal Linnean Society London, 1979, Muybridge medal International Society Biomechanics, 1991, Borelli award, 2003. Decorated Commander Order British Empire, 2000.Recipient Linnean medal Linnean Society London, 1979, Muybridge medal International Society Biomechanics, 1991, Borelli award, 2003. Decorated Commander Order British Empire, 2000.