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Thorough training well
qualified Dr. Alexander Gillespie for the onerous duties and
responsibilities that devolve upon members of the medical profession and
he is now successfully practicing in Edmonton, his ability being widely
recognized, particularly in the field of surgery, in which he
specializes. Dr. Gillespie is a native of Ontario, his birth having
occurred on the 5th of February, 1854. There his boyhood and youth were
spent on a farm with the usual experiences of the farm bred boy and at
the regular age he entered the country schools, completing the work of
various grades until he became a high school pupil. When his course
there was completed he reviewed the broad field of business with the
purpose to select a life work and in 1880 he entered the Trinity Medical
College, in which he pursued the regular four years' course, being
graduated with honors as a member of the class of 1884. He then left for
Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took postgraduate work, receiving the
degree of L. R. C. P. Later he settled at Manilla, Ontario, where he
practiced successfully for eleven years, and in 1895 he removed to
Lindsay, there residing for eleven years, or until 1906, and then came
to Edmonton, and has here since followed his profession, with the
exception of a period of one year which he again spent in Scotland,
taking postgraduate work. He has given the major part of his time and
attention to surgical practice since taking UI) his abode in Edmonton
and is recognized as one of the most skillful and eminent surgeons in
this part of the Dominion. He is a constant student of his profession,
keeping in touch with the onward trend of thought and investigation, and
his methods are thoroughly modern and scientific in every particular. He
belongs to both the Alberta and the Canadian Medical Associations.
On the 6th of October,
1885, Dr. Gillespie was married to Miss Sarah Campbell and they have
become the parents of three children: Allister Campbell; William Fulton,
who is a physician now doing postgraduate work in Toronto; and Annie,
the wife of C. I. Grierson, who is in the employ of the Imperial Oil
Company of Toronto.
Fraternally Dr. Gillespie
is connected with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and is a most loyal follower of the teachings and high purposes of these
organizations. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church. In politics
he maintains an independent attitude, nor has he ever been an aspirant
for public office, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to
his professional duties and in that field, through merit and ability, he
has risen to distinction. |
