Duncan Archibald Graham, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Duncan Archibald Graham
- Duncan Archibald Graham, (January 8, 1882 – February 18, 1974) was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919.
- He held this position and was Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the Toronto General Hospital, until 1947. Born on a farm near Ivan, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1905.
- He was an assistant bacteriologist with the Ontario Board of Health before starting his residency in pathology at the Toronto General Hospital.
- He was also a pathologist with the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburg.
- From 1909 to 1911, he did post-graduate studies in Europe.
- He was appointed a lecturer in bacteriology at the University of Toronto before serving in World War I with the No.
- 4 Canadian General Hospital.In 1919, he was appointed to the Sir John and Lady Eaton chair in medicine at the University of Toronto.
- He was also the physician-in-chief of the Toronto General Hospital.
- From 1933 to 1935, he was the president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
- From 1940 to 1941, he was the president of the Canadian Medical Association.
- From 1942 to 1946, he was a member of the National Research Council.In 1968, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
- He was a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
- He received honorary degrees from the University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, and Queen's University.He died in Toronto in 1974.
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