Denis Rogers
New Zealand general practitioner and mayor
About Denis Rogers
Lived 1917 – 1987 (aged 70). Denis Rogers was a New Zealand politician, general practitioner and justice of the peace.
Denis Rogers (30 September 1917 – 7 December 1987) was a New Zealand doctor and local-body politician.
Biography Rogers was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and attended Nelson College from 1931 to 1934. He studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1941, and became a general practitioner. and in 1985 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Hamilton. He died of a heart attack in 1987. Denis Rogers was the university's first chancellor from 1964 to 1969. His brother Rufus represented the Hamilton East electorate in Parliament from to 1975.
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Who was Denis Rogers?
New Zealand general practitioner and mayor (1917–1987)
When was Denis Rogers born?
Denis Rogers was born on 30 September 1917.
When did Denis Rogers die?
Denis Rogers died on 7 December 1987.
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Denis Rogers was a politician, general practitioner and justice of the peace.
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Denis Rogers was New Zealand.
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