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Robert Defries
Robert Davies Defries, CC CBE (July 23, 1889 , October 25, 1975) was a Canadian physician and Director of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his M.D. from the University of Toronto in 1913.
01Honours
- In 1946 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
- In 1955 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.
- In 1955 he received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award.
- In 1970 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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