Sir Harry Guy Dain FRCS (5 November 1870 – 26 February 1966) was a British physician.[1]
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| Born | Harry Guy Dain 5 November 1870 |
| Died | 26 February 1966 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Mason College University of London |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Chairman of the British Medical Association (1943 to 1949) |
Between 1887 and 1894 Dain studied science and medicine at Mason College (a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham). He graduated with a University of London external MB degree in medicine in 1894.[1][2]
Dain was Chairman of the British Medical Association from 1943 to 1949 at the time of the creation of the National Health Service.[1] He strongly opposed the creation of the National Health Service and led British Medical Association opposition to it, publicly clashing with Aneurin Bevan, the then Minister of Health.[3]
Dain was knighted in 1961. Dain was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1945. He received an honorary LLD degree from Aberdeen University in 1939 and an honorary MD degree from Birmingham University in 1944.[1]
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- ^ "General Register part 3" (PDF). University of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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