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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Buller, F. (Frank), 1844-1905
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Description area
Dates of existence
1844-1905
History
Frank Buller (1844-1905) was the first ophthalmologist in Montreal and one of the first to practice this specialty in Canada. He was born in Campbellford, ON, in 1844 and received his M.D. from Victoria University in 1869. He was the first Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in McGill and became Chief and Director of the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otology at the Royal Victoria Hospital when it opened in 1893.