Sir Alexander Dempsey, M.D. FRSM, JP (born 1852,

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— died 1920) was an

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physician, hospital administrator and magistrate. Educated at

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, the Catholic University Medical School, Dublin and

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, he earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine of the Royal University and the Diploma of the

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in 1874. In 1874 he set up his own medical practice on Donegall Street, Belfast. He was a founder member, secretary and later president of the North of Ireland Branch of the

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. He was president of the Ulster Medical Association from 1880 to 1891. In 1880 he was named as a magistrate for the City of Belfast.

Awards/affiliations

In 1911, he was knighted. He became a Justice of the peace and was a fellow of the

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(London) and the Royal Academy of Medicine (Ireland).

External links

Profile in the ''New Ulster Biography'' index online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dempsey, Alexander 1852 births 1920 deaths People educated at St Malachy's College Alumni of the University of Galway Irish hospital administrators Knights Bachelor Medical doctors from Belfast People from Ballymoney People from County Antrim 19th-century Irish medical doctors 20th-century Irish medical doctors