Sir George Douglas Robb (1899–1974) was a New Zealand surgeon, medical reformer, writer, and university chancellor. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and at the University of Otago (MB ChB). Robb had a reputation as something of a maverick and a rebel against the conventional medical establishment, as is discussed in a chapter in Brian Easton's book The Nationbuilders.
Robb was influential in the formation of the Auckland Medical School as part of the University of Auckland. From 1961 to 1962, he held the year-long position of President of the British Medical Association.
A series of annual lectures at the University of Auckland has been named after Doug Robb.
Robb was a close friend of the New Zealand poet and writer A. R. D. Fairburn, whose To a Friend in the Wilderness was dedicated to Robb.
Douglas Robb died in his sleep on the morning of his 74th birthday.
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