Clarence Gosse

Clarence Lloyd Gosse
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office 1973–1978
Preceded by	Victor de Bedia Oland
Succeeded by	John Elvin Shaffner
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1912(1912-10-20) Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland
Died	December 21, 1996(1996-12-21) (aged 84)

Clarence Lloyd Gosse, OC (October 20, 1912 – December 21, 1996) was a Canadian physician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland, he moved to Nova Scotia when he was ten. He graduated from the medical school of Dalhousie University in 1939. During World War II, serving in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, he was a member of one of the first surgical teams in the Battle of Normandy.

After the War, in Halifax, he was a Professor of Urology at Dalhousie University and Chair of the Department of Urology at the Victoria General and Camp Hill hospitals (now the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital).

He was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1973 to 1978.

In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

References

• A Guide to the Dr. Clarence Lloyd Gosse Collection
• Dr. Clarence Lloyd Gosse fonds

External links

• Portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Gosse

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Name	Gosse, Clarence
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Short description
Date of birth	October 20, 1912
Place of birth	Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland
Date of death	December 21, 1996
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