''The Honourable'' Dr. Garth Alfred Taylor, OJ,

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(April 29, 1944 – November 19, 2005) was a Jamaican ophthalmologist, professor, and humanitarian. Born in Montego Bay, Taylor was a

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in his youth.Hallsworth, Alan.
Obituary: Garth Taylor
, The Guardian, December 7, 2005. He received his education at

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in Jamaica and Queen's University in

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. He later became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the latter institution, as well as chief of ophthalmology at Cornwall Community Hospital in Canada. Taylor was also the vice-president of ORBIS Canada, a charity devoted to preventing and correcting avoidable cases of blindness in the developing world, and the co-founder of Canadian Surgical Eye Expeditions (CANSEE),Jamaica Information Service.
Late Dr. Garth Taylor Exceptional – High Commissioner to Canada
", November 28, 2005. another charitable organization devoted to the same purpose. Working out of a

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airplane converted into a mobile field hospital, he performed more than 1,000 charitable eye operations in more than 60 different countries, during more than 100 separate surgical missions.Hawaleshka, Danylo.
Garth Taylor
", Maclean's, July 1, 2004. Taylor also provided on-site training for local doctors in cornea, cataract and refractive procedures. For his efforts, he was honored with the Order of Jamaica in 2005.Lalah, Robert.
HONOURED – Ninety-seven to get National Awards
", The Jamaica Gleaner, August 6, 2005. Taylor and his wife Beverly had two children: a daughter, Leanne, and a son, Gregory. He died unexpectedly on November 19, 2005, as the result of an aortic

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.Pincock, Stephen.
Garth Alfred Taylor
, The Lancet, Volume 367, Issue 9506, Page 204, published January 21, 2006.

External links

ORBIS InternationalCanadian Surgical Eye Expeditions (CANSEE)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Garth 1944 births 2005 deaths People from Montego Bay Jamaican ophthalmologists Queen's University at Kingston alumni Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston Deaths from aortic aneurysm Members of the Order of Jamaica Cornwall College, Jamaica alumni