Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948
- Works
- 246
Top works
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book 26
- The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
- The Enigma of Garlic
- The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee
- Hō to i no rinri
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1948-08-24
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- Listeners
- 946
- Total plays
- 25,359
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R. Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born 24 August 1948) is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late twentieth century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction. He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Recent publications · Crossref
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- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
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Key facts
- Born
- Rodney Alexander Alasdair McCall Smith , ( 1948-08-24 ) 24 August 1948 (age 77) , Bulawayo , Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe )
- Occupation
- Professor of medical law , writer
- Nationality
- British, Zimbabwean
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh ( LLB , PhD , Emeritus Professor in the School of Law)
- Genre
- Fiction, crime fiction , children's books , academic non-fiction
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bulawayo
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Instrument
- bassoon
- Official website
- www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk
- Image
- AlexanderMcCallSmith.jpg
- Work location
- Edinburgh
- Residence
- Edinburgh
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- date of birth
- 1948-08-24
- Commons category
- Alexander McCall Smith
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- influenced by
- Edward Frederic Benson
- social media followers
- 18533
- name in native language
- Alexander McCall Smith
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Encyclopedic overview
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 committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander McCall Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.