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Frank Buller (born 1844) was a distinguished Canadian ophthalmologist and one of the first to practice this specialty in Canada. He was the first Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology at McGill University and became Chief and Director of the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otology at the Royal Victoria Hospital when it opened in 1893.

Life
Buller was born in Campbellford, Ontario. He received his M.D. from Victoria University in Cobourg, Ontario, in 1869. Starting from 1866, Victoria College was affiliated with the L'École de médecine et de chirurgie de Montréal and granted medical degrees, although no classes were taught there. &lt;nowiki&gt; Victoria University Archives, E. J. Pratt Library. " Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.). Department of Medicine Fonds Postgraduate study in England and Germany. Served as a surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War (CPR) Buller and William Osler were good friends and lived many years together in the same house. Said to have died of pernicious anemia, probably due to cancer of the liver. The Canadian Practitioner and Review. Obituary. Vol. 30 (Nov. 1905), no. 11 pg. 643