Wallace Ainsworth Pride was born in Neilston, Renfrewshire, on 26 May 1872 . His father, David Pride (MB 1863), was a doctor. Wallace studied medicine at the University of Glasgow from 1889-1895 and graduated with an MBChB in November 1895 . He then worked briefly as a ship's surgeon for Anchor Line , but in 1897 he returned to Neilston and joined his father's medical practice. In 1907 he became a lecturer and examiner for St Andrew's Ambulance Association and in 1911 he became Medical Officer for the Renfrewshire Combination Poor House. During the First World War, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps at Crookston War Hospital, Glasgow, and was promoted to the rank of Honorary Captain in April 1918. In 1924 he was appointed as a physician and surgeon at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary . Wallace died in Neilston on 29 May 1926 .
From the guide to the Papers of Wallace Ainsworth Pride, 1872-1926, medical graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1893-c1993, (Glasgow University Archive Services)
