George Douglas Robb
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'''Sir George Douglas Robb''' ([[1899]]–[[1974]]) was a [[New Zealand]] surgeon, medical reformer, writer, and university chancellor. He was educated at the [[Auckland Grammar School]] and at the [[University of Otago]] (MB ChB). Robb had a reputation as something of a maverick and a rebel against the conventional medical establishment, as is discussed in a chapter in [[Brian Easton]]'s book [http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=605 The Nationbuilders].
Robb was influential in the formation of the [[University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences|Auckland Medical School]] as part of the [[University of Auckland]].
Robb was a close friend of the New Zealand poet and writer [[A. R. D. Fairburn]], whose [http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/fairburn/friend.asp To a Friend in the Wilderness] was dedicated to Robb, as was the following limerick:
:''There once was a surgeon named Robb''
:''Who would take on the trickiest job''
:''Put a zip in your foreskin''
:''Sew on some more skin''
:''Or screw up your nuts for a bob''
Douglas Robb died in his sleep on the morning of his 74th birthday.
==References==
*[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5R15 Entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]
*Robb, Douglas, <cite>Medical Odyssey</cite>, Auckland & London: Collins, 1968
*[http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=605 Brian Easton, The Nationbuilders], chapter 6
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