Robert Defries

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Name Robert Defries Role Physician		Died October 25, 1975 Education University of Toronto
Born July 23, 1889 ( 1889-07-23 ) Toronto, Ontario Awards Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award

Robert Davies Defries, (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.

Honours

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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