Frank Fairchild Wesbrook (July 12, 1868 – October 20, 1918) was a Canadian physician,

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, academic, and

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. He was the first

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of the

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Biography

Born in

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, Wesbrook received a bachelor's and master's degree from the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.McGill College McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University ...

. From 1891 to 1893, he was a Professor of Pathology at the University of Manitoba. From 1893 to 1895, he studied pathology at

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. In 1895, he was appointed director of the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Hygiene at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

. His chief work was in Bacteriology relating to

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. He helped in

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research and was in favor of chlorine sterilization of water. He was also a Director of the Minnesota Board of Health Laboratories and was a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health. In 1906, he was appointed Dean of the

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. In 1913, he was appointed the first president of the University of British Columbia. He served until his death in 1918.

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