Harold Rocke Robertson was a Canadian surgeon and university leader, born in Victoria, British Columbia, on 4 August 1912. He studied in British Columbia and at McGill, and built a career as a surgeon, surgeon in chief and professor of surgery, including wartime service as a surgeon with a field surgical unit in Italy and later the post of chief of surgery at the Montreal General Hospital. In 1962 he agreed to become principal of McGill University, a post he held until the end of the 1960s, and he was remembered there as a principal who brought change. His papers are kept in the McGill University archives. He died in Ottawa, Ontario, on 8 February 1998.
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Born in Victoria, British Columbia, on August 4, 1912
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Born in Victoria, British Columbia, on August 4, 1912
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H. Rocke Robertson died on February 8, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario.
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his activities as a surgeon, surgeon in chief, professor of surgery
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