{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Frank Fairchild Wesbrook | honorific_suffix = | image = Frank Fairchild Wesbrook.jpg | order = | office = 1st [[University President|President]] of the [[University of British Columbia]] | term_start = 1913 | term_end = 1918 | predecessor = | successor = [[Leonard Klinck]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1868|07|12}} | birth_place = [[Oakland, Brant County, Ontario|Oakland]], Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|10|20|1868|07|12}} | death_place = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada | spouse = Ann Wesbrook | relations = | children = Helen | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Frank Fairchild Wesbrook''' (July 12, 1868 – October 20, 1918) was a Canadian physician, [[bacteriologist]], academic, and [[University president]]. He was the first [[Presidents of the University of British Columbia|president]] of the [[University of British Columbia]].

==Biography== Born in [[Oakland, Brant County, Ontario|Oakland]], [[Ontario]], Wesbrook received a bachelor's and master's degree from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1887 and 1888. He received his M.D. and C.M. degrees from the University of Manitoba and [[McGill College]]. From 1891 to 1893, he was a Professor of Pathology at the University of Manitoba. From 1893 to 1895, he studied pathology at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name="J Bacteriol">{{cite journal |last=Hill |first=H. W. |date=March 1919 |title=Frank Fairchild Wesbrook |journal=Journal of Bacteriology |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=71–72 |doi=10.1128/JB.4.2.i2-72.1919 |pmid=16558834 |pmc=378795}}</ref>

In 1895, he was appointed director of the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Hygiene at the [[University of Minnesota]]. His chief work was in Bacteriology relating to [[public health]]. He helped in [[diphtheria]] research and was in favor of chlorine sterilization of water. He was also a Director of the Minnesota Board of Health Laboratories and was a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health.<ref name="J Bacteriol"/>

In 1906, he was appointed Dean of the [[University of Minnesota Medical School]]. In 1913, he was appointed the first president of the [[University of British Columbia]]. He served until his death in 1918.<ref name="J Bacteriol"/>

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==External links== * {{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frank-fairchild-wesbrook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128191904/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frank-fairchild-wesbrook |url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2023 |title=Frank Fairchild Wesbrook |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |author=William C. Gibson}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/wesbrook.html|title=Frank F. Wesbrook fonds|work=University of British Columbia Archives}} {{Presidents of the University of British Columbia}}

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