ALCOCK, ALFRED WILLIAM, son of John Alcock, Blackheath, Kent, and Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Christopher Puddicombe; b. 23 Jun 1859; adm. 27 May 1875 (H), having previously been at Mill Hill and Blackheath Schools; left May 1876; Aberdeen Univ.; MB and CM 1885; LLD 1901; Assistant Professor Zoology, Aberdeen 1883-5; entered Indian Medical Service 1 Oct 1885; Surgeon Mar 1886; Surgeon-Maj. Oct 1897; Lieut. -Col. Oct 1905; retd. Dec 1907; served with Punjab Frontier Force May 1886 - Oct 1888; Surgeon-Naturalist to Marine Survey of India on board R. I. M. S. Investigator 1888-92, and to Pamir Boundary Commission 1895; Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal Sep 1892; Superintendent, Indian Museum, and Professor Zoology, Medical Coll. of Bengal May 1903 - Dec 1907; on return to Britain joined London Sch. of Tropical Medicine; Professor of Medical Zoology, Univ. London 1919-24; FRS 6 Jun 1901; CIE 1 Jan 1903; Barclay Medal, Asiatic Society of Bengal 1907; author, A Naturalist in Indian Seas, 1902, and Entomology for Medical Officers, 1911; m. 29 Jul 1897 Margaret Forbes, third dau. of Joseph Rothery Cornwall, Aberdeen; d. 24 Mar 1933.