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Person
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Mitchell, Robert
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Description area
Dates of existence
fl. 1859-1930
History
Robert Mitchell was a prominent nineteenth-century Nova Scotia physician. Known affectionately as "Dr. Bob," he was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and earned his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1859. He returned to Amherst to practise medicine and also served for many years as physician and surgeon to the Dorchester Penitentiary.