Douglas Robb (other)
Douglas Robb may refer to: * Douglas J. Robb, physician in the U.S. Air Force * Sir Douglas Robb (surgeon) (1899–1974), New Zealand heart surgeon * Douglas Robb (schoolmaster) (born 1970), headmaster of Gresham's School, England * Doug Robb Hoobastank (sometimes stylized as h∞bastank, and originally known as Hoobustank) is an American rock band formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, by lead vocalist Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist ...

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William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who was known for his strong progressive and civil libertarian views, and is often cited as the U.S. Supreme Court's most liberal justice ever. In 1975, '' Time'' called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court." He is the longest-serving justice in history, with his term lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–1975). Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, becoming one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. After an itinerant childhood, Douglas attended Whitman College on a scholarship. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1925 and joined the Yale Law School faculty. After serving as the third chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Douglas was successfully nominated to the Supreme Court in ...
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Douglas Robb (surgeon)
Sir George Douglas Robb (1899–1974) was a New Zealand surgeon, medical reformer, writer, and university chancellor. Career He was born at Auckland on 29 April 1899 and educated at the Auckland Grammar School and at the University of Otago (MB ChB). Robb had a reputation as something of a maverick and a rebel against the conventional medical establishment, as is discussed in a chapter in Brian Easton's book ''The Nationbuilders''. Robb was influential in the formation of the Auckland Medical School as part of the University of Auckland. From 1961 to 1962, he held the year-long position of President of the British Medical Association. A series of annual lectures at the University of Auckland has been named after Doug Robb. In the 1956 New Year Honours, Robb was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours. Personal life Robb was a close friend of the New Zealand poet and writer A. R. ...
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Douglas Robb (schoolmaster)
Douglas Robert Kenneth Robb (born 3 September 1970) is an English schoolmaster who is currently headmaster of Gresham's School. Before that, he was a housemaster at Oundle School and then head of Oswestry School. Early life Born in the Wirral in 1970, the son of Dr Derek Robb and the youngest of his parents' three children, Robb was a choirboy at St Saviour's Church, Oxton,Tim Jefferis"Douglas Robb: This is Your Life"dated 7 September 2014 at tjjteacher.com, accessed 27 March 2019 and was educated at Birkenhead School,Gresham’s announces new Headmaster
dated March 2014 at greshams.com, accessed 27 March 2019 where he was in the First XV, the school's team, and then at ...
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