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Douglas Robb (surgeon)

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was published in 1967 by Collins Bros. & Co. Ltd., Auckland. Appendix 1 (4 pp.) contains a bibliography of Robb's surgical and medical articles and other writings.
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wrote of Robb: "Robb, unhappy with the politicians, became a foremost thoracic surgeon, and a leader in medical education and research."--
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Douglas Robb died in his sleep on the morning of his 74th birthday. His widow, Lady Robb, died in the 1979
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There is a bronze head (1956) and portrait (1961) of Sir Douglas Robb by
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New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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surgeon, medical reformer, writer, and university chancellor.
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at the University of Auckland has been named after Doug Robb.
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He was born at Auckland on 29 April 1899 and educated at the
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Robb was a close friend of the New Zealand poet and writer
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CMG
New Zealand
Auckland Grammar School
University of Otago
Brian Easton
Auckland Medical School
University of Auckland
British Medical Association
series of annual lectures
1956 New Year Honours
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Bachelor
1960 Queen's Birthday Honours

A. R. D. Fairburn
W. B. Sutch
John Francis Kavanagh
Mount Erebus disaster
The Nationbuilders
Robb Lectures; University of Auckland
Archived
Wayback Machine
"No. 40671"
The London Gazette
"No. 42053"
The London Gazette
To a Friend in the Wilderness
Entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Brian Easton
The Nationbuilders

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