Alexander Macklin

Alexander Macklin
OBE MC TD
Born
Alexander Hepburne Macklin

1 September 1889
India
Died21 March 1967(1967-03-21) (aged 77)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Occupation(s)Physician, explorer

Alexander Hepburne Macklin OBE MC TD (1 September 1889 – 21 March 1967) was a Scottish physician who served as one of the two surgeons on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. In 1921–1922, he joined the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition aboard the Quest. He was also a dog trainer and quartermaster on Shackleton’s expeditions.

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