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- BIRTH: Full date and location given in genealogical information provided by F. Anthony (Bolo) Krogh, a nephew.
MARRIAGE:
Wife identified as Violette Blanc in genealogical information provided by Maren Barcant, a niece.
OCCUPATION:
- Medical graduate of the University of Edinburgh, according to his listing in the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago in C.B. Franklin, Trinidad & Tobago Year Book, 1923 (Port of Spain: Franklin's Electric Printery, 1923), page 210. Member of the Medical Board in Trinidad and Tobago, beginning in 1919.
- Chief Medical Officer in Tobago for part of his career.
DEATH: Full date and location given in genealogical information provided by F. Anthony (Bolo) Krogh, a nephew.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (Written by F. Anthony Krogh):
"Born October 1, 1887 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and died of a stroke in the same city on May 25, 1960. As a schoolboy, he attended St. Mary's College, Port of Spain. He was a top student and winner of a Trinidad government scholarship to study in Great Britain. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University in Scotland where he obtained the degrees Ch. B. and M.D. He then joined the British Army Medical Corps as an officer and was in Egypt and Palestine during World War I. On returning to Trinidad he joined the Civil Service and was Chief Medical Officer of Tobago for many years. Later, he returned to Trinidad and worked at the San Fernando Hospital and on retirement from government service joined his brother Robert in private practice in San Fernando. Andre was for some time engaged to be married to Violet 'Bully' Maingot, but he married Violet Blanc (b. January 1, 1897, d. May 2, 1983) in August 1924. They had one son."
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS:
Listed (as "A.L. Krogh, Trinidad") as having achieved Second Honours, Junior Division, in physiology at the School of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, for the Winter Session, 1907-1908, in The Scotsman, Wednesday, 25 March 1908, pa.
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