Ġużè Galea (18 July 1901 – 26 March 1978) was a doctor and a Maltese

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. He produced newspaper articles as well as

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Studies and his
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Career

Galea studied at the Archbishop's Seminary (1914–17) and later at St. Aloysius College (1918–20). He graduated as a

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(Ph.C.) from the

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in 1925 and as a

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(M.D.) in 1928. He studied in

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where he specialized in

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and took the

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in Public Health (D.P.H.) from the R.C.P.S. in 1932 and later became a member of the

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. He pursued a career in the health service of the Maltese government. He was a resident medical officer from 1928 to 1930, a

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d medical officer from 1932 to 1937, a public health medical officer from 1937 to 1947, a senior health officer from 1949 to 1951, and finally the medical officer head of government and superintendent of public health from 1951 to 1961. At the University of Malta he was a lecturer in

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from 1949 to 1961 He has published several articles on medicine in Maltese and international journals and has been a member of various committees dealing with social and philanthropic work.

Literature and History

Galea had a keen interest in history and wrote many

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. He has also written some interesting short historical biographies and articles in Melita Historica.

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was another field that he studied. He was President of the Maltese Academy from 1942 to 1973 and President of The Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce from 1960 to 1966.

Works

Romantic History

* ''Żmien l- Ispanjoli'' (1937) * ''San Ġwann'' (1939) * ''Raġel bil-Għaqal'' (1943) * ''Meta Nħaraq it-Tejatru'' (1946) * ''Id-Dinja Rota'' (1966)

Historical

* ''Anton Manwel Caruana'' (1939) * ''

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: His Stay in Malta'' (1943) * ''Il-Kanonku Caruana bħala Diplomatiku'' (1947) * ''Coleridge in Malta'' (1948) * ''Kittieb Spanjol f'Malta'' (1950)

Notable Articles

* ''Malta and the

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'' (1952) * ''A Captain of the Port of Malta and a Grand Vizier of

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'' (1964) * ''The

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from a Turkish

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'' (1965) * ''The Quarantine Service and the

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of Malta'' (1966) * ''The Sea Board and

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es of

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'' (1968)

Folklore

* ''The Taglia and the Taċċa'' (1962) * ''Old Flour Mills of Malta'' (1963) * ''Xogħol u Snajja ta' l-Imgħoddi'' (1969)

References

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