George Douglas Robb 1229921 136303231 2007-06-06T08:19:52Z T@nn 1894648 Extra categories + defaultsort '''Sir George Douglas Robb''' ([[1899]]&ndash;[[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 {{NZ-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Robb, George Douglas}} [[Category: New Zealand surgeons|Robb, George]] [[Category: New Zealand academics|Robb, George]] [[Category: University of Auckland faculty|Robb, George]] [[Category:Medical educators]] [[Category:University of Otago alumni]] [[Category: 1899 births|Robb, George]] [[Category: 1974 deaths|Robb, George]]