| Authorised form of name | Armstrong; Sir; Alexander (1818 - 1899) |
| Dates | 1818 - 1899 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1818 |
| Place of death | The Elms, Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire |
| Date of death | 04 July 1899 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin. MD (1841, Edinburgh)
Career:
Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy (1842); Surgeon (1849); Surgeon and Naturalist on board HMS Investigator, seeking the North West Passage (until 1853); Inspector of Fleets and Hospitals (1858); Chief of Hospital, Malta (1859-1864); Inspector General (1866), then Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy (1869-1871); Honorary Physician to the Queen and to HRH The Prince of Wales.
Honours:
KCB 1871
Memberships:
FRGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 50-51 signed by M F |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44670225 |
| Royal Society code | NA6401 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1873/03 | Armstrong, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/10/1051 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 30 March 1895 |
| NLB/7/395 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Alexander Armstrong, Fellow of The Royal Society | 6 February 1893 |
| MC/9/577 | Letter from A [Alexander] Armstrong, Admiralty, Somerset House, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 June 1873 |
| MC/10/29 | Letter from A [Alexander] Armstrong, Director General, Admiralty, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly | 27 October 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |