Frank Fairchild Wesbrook (July 12, 1868 – October 20, 1918) was a Canadian physician,
bacteriologist
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, academic, and
University president
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. He was the first
president
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of the
University of British Columbia
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Ontario
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, Wesbrook received a bachelor's and master's degree from the
University of Manitoba
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Cambridge University
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.
In 1895, he was appointed director of the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Hygiene at the
University of Minnesota
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. His chief work was in Bacteriology relating to
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. He helped in
diphtheria
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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
University of Minnesota Medical School
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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.