Did Alexander McCall Smith live in Africa?

Did Alexander McCall Smith live in Africa?

McCall Smith was raised in Southern Rhodesia and moved to Scotland at age 18 to study at the University of Edinburgh. He received a law degree in 1971 and then returned to Africa, where he helped to establish the law school at the University of Botswana.

Where is Alexander McCall Smith from?

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Alexander McCall Smith/Place of birth

Where does Isabel Dalhousie live?

Edinburgh
Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher in her early forties and lives alone in a large aging house in the south of Edinburgh.

How old is author Alexander McCall Smith?

73 years (August 24, 1948)
Alexander McCall Smith/Age

How is Isabel Dalhousie related to cat?

Cat, Isabel’s niece, is a young attractive woman who runs a delicatessen in the Bruntsfield neighborhood of Edinburgh.

Who runs the Sunday Philosophy Club?

Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the huge international phenomenon, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and The Sunday Philosophy Club series. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana and at Edinburgh University.

Who wrote Scotland Road?

44 Scotland Street/Authors

Where did Alexander McCall Smith grow up?

Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe (called Southern Rhodesia at the time) and was educated there and in Scotland.

What is McCall Smith real name?

Alexander McCall Smith, byname Sandy McCall Smith, (born August 24, 1948, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), British writer, creator of a series of novels about Precious Ramotswe, a fictional character who is Botswana’s only female detective. McCall Smith, AlexanderAlexander McCall Smith, 2007.TimDuncan.

What nationality is Sandy McCall Smith?

Alexander McCall Smith, byname Sandy McCall Smith, (born August 24, 1948, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), British writer, creator of a series of novels about Precious Ramotswe, a fictional character who is Botswana’s only female detective.

What did McCall Smith do for a living?

McCall Smith served as vice-chairman of the British Human Genetics Commission. He retired from teaching in 2005 to focus on writing full-time. In 1976 McCall Smith published his first fiction, a children’s novel. He went on to write more children’s books, many of which are set in Africa or derived from African sources.