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Dr. Frank Fairchild Wesbrook was born in Brant County, Ontario, and became the first president of the University of British Columbia. In 1887 he graduated from the University of Manitoba. In 1890 he received his M.D. from McGill University. He was appointed Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Minnesota in 1895 and in 1906 he became the first fulltime Dean of Medicine there. In 1913, he accepted the post of President of the nascent UBC. He guided the University through the first difficult years, however failing health forced him to take a long break from his duties in early 1918. He died in October, 1918.

Born: 1868
Died: 1918