ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD British general and traveller, was born on Oct. 16, 1803, and died on April 2, 1885. He was largely responsible for the preservation and transfer to England of the obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle, in His varied experiences provided material for a large number of books, among which were Travels from India to England (1827) ; Transatlantic Sketches (1833) ; An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa (1838).