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Sir William Osler

Born: July 12, 1849
Birthplace: Bond Head, Ontario
Died:
December 29, 1919
Sir William Osler
Canadian Leaf
Author of the most important English medical textbook for a generation of doctors "Principles and Practices of Medicine" published in 1892
Canadian Leaf Founding Chief of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore

Canadian Leaf Appointed the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University in England

Canadian Leaf Bequeathed his extensive collection of historical books (over 5,000 titles) to McGill University forming the Osler Library