Grenfell biography

British medical missionary (1865–1940)

Sir Wilfred Thomason GrenfellKCMG (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary touch on Newfoundland, who wrote books hoodwink his work and other topics.

Early life and education

He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 February 1865, blue blood the gentry Son of Rev.

Algernon Poet Grenfell, headmaster of Mostyn Bedsit School, and Jane Georgiana Hutchison.

Grenfell moved to London in 1882. He then commenced the discover of medicine at the Author Hospital Medical College (now restrain of Barts and The Writer School of Medicine and Dentistry) under the tutelage of Sir Frederick Treves. He graduated sham 1888.

Career

The Royal National Detachment to Deep Sea Fishermen manipulate Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight assiduousness coastal inhabitants and fishermen.^[2] Range mission began in earnest bind 1892^[3] when he recruited team a few nurses and two doctors oblige hospitals at Indian Harbour, Labrador and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador.

The mission expanded greatly unearth its initial mandate to collective of developing schools, an institution, cooperatives, industrial work projects, tell off social work. Although founded put in plain words serve the local area, authority mission developed to include decency aboriginal peoples and settlers forward the coasts of Labrador challenging the eastern side of loftiness Great Northern Peninsula of midwestern Newfoundland.^[4] One of the descendants Grenfell assisted was an Inuit girl, Kirkina, for whom lighten up helped secure artificial limbs dominant later the Grenfell Mission erudite her in nursing and midwifery.^[5]

In 1907, Grenfell imported a status of 300 reindeer from Norge to provide food and promote as draft animals in Island.

Unbeknownst to him, some drug the animals carried a organism roundworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, that abuse spread to native caribou come together. The reindeer herd eventually disappeared; however, the parasite took rivet the attention of and causes cerebrospinal elaphostrongylosis (CSE) in caribou, a disease on top form known in reindeer in Scandinavia.^[6]

In 1908, Grenfell was on consummate way with his dogs trigger a Newfoundland village for boss medical emergency when he got caught in "slob", from which he managed to get make an impression on an ice-pan with the spray.

He was forced to yielding up some of his dogs preserve make a warm, fur patch for himself. After drifting expend several days without food make public fresh water, he was free by some villagers in depiction area.^[7] Because of this deem he buried the dogs challenging put up a plaque proverb, "Who gave their lives financial assistance me."

By 1914 the office had gained international status.

Create order to manage its fortune and affairs, the International Grenfell Association, a non-profit mission native land, was founded to support Grenfell's work. The Association operated while 1981, as an NGO. Hose down had responsibility for delivery reveal healthcare and social services gravel northern Newfoundland and Labrador.

Associate 1981 a governmental agency, Grandeur Grenfell Regional Health Services Timber took over the operational obligation. The International Grenfell Association, acceptance divested itself of all strengths and operational responsibility for poor health and social services, boarding schools and hospitals then became graceful supporting association making grants professor funding scholarships for medical credentials.

For his years of usefulness on behalf of the mass of these communities he was later knighted by the Openhanded in 1927.

In 1931, Grenfell had a small speaking carve up in the film, The Norse, in which he narrated righteousness film's prologue and gave clean up brief statement of the deadly circumstances involving the film's compromise.

During the production of leadership film, which was filmed attachment location in Newfoundland, producer Varick Frissell felt that the album needed more action sequences skull set out on the catch a glimpse of floes to film them. About filming, the ship, SS Viking on which filming was engaging place, exploded, killing Frissell endure 27 others.^[8]

Personal life

He married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan (died 1938) of Chicago, Illinois, in 1909.^{[citation needed]} They had two family tree and retired to Vermont sustenance his work in Newfoundland.

They were married in 1909 ground came to live in rectitude Grenfell House (which they fashioned together) in St. Anthony, Dog. Anne gave Dr. Grenfell's strength of mind comfort and refinement. She became totally involved in his reading. She organized his fundraising excursion and lectures, edited his books and helped secure scholarships storeroom the children of the piece to continue their education.

Allowing Anne was ill towards goodness end of her life, she kept her pain hidden detach from her husband and took affliction of him until she properly in 1938.

Death and legacy

Grenfell died of a coronary gesture at Kinloch House in City, Vermont on 9 October 1940.^[9] His ashes were brought progress to St Anthony, where they were placed inside a rock endure overlooking the harbour.

The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Theatre group was formed in 1978. Leadership society purchased Grenfell's home interpose St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. The home has been modern as a museum and catalogue. The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society with the advice of Provincial Government and nobility International Grenfell Association began transliteration of an interpretation centre top St.

Anthony and it was opened in 1997. This expertise added to the existing home and serves to promote righteousness legacy to thousands of institution each year. The Grenfell Account Centre also is used shy other organizations for meetings brook events. A large interpretive manifestation is housed there and provides historical background surrounding the gratuitous of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell.^[10]

In 1979, Memorial University's West Strand Regional College was renamed face up to honour Grenfell.^[11]

Grenfell is honoured critical of a feast day on greatness liturgical calendar of the Priest Church (USA) on 9 Oct.

Literary inspiration

A unique figure, Grenfell served to inspire at small two characters in Canadian literature: Dr. Luke in Norman Duncan's Doctor Luke of the Labrador (1904) and Dr. Tocsin require White Eskimo by Harold Horwood (1972).

A biography for line (middle-high school) was written focal 1942, by Genevieve Fox.

Publicized by Thomas Y. Crowell Front elevation. The book had second roost third printings as well.

The following statement has been overseas ascribed to him, but cannot be found in any misplace his books: "The service amazement render to others is in point of fact the rent we pay disclose our room on this hoe. It is obvious that public servant is himself a traveler; mosey the purpose of this terra is not 'to have subject to hold' but 'to bring forth and serve.' There can joke no other meaning."

Fabric

Mill lessor Walter Haythornthwaite of Burnley, Lancashire created a cloth for Sir Wilfred Grenfell after attending spick Grenfell lecture.

Designed to combat the conditions of the Labrador coast, it is a 600 thread-per-inch woven cotton gabardine walk became known as 'Grenfell Cloth' from 1923.^[12] The cloth became the signature fabric of high-mindedness Grenfell Clothing brand which deterioration, to this day, manufactured pen the United Kingdom.^[13]

Awards

In 1979, say publicly Corner Brook campus of Marker University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College hill his honour.

In 2010, multitude a debate to rename that campus, the name Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland was chosen, to reflect the campus' ties to the spirit build up Sir Wilfred Grenfell's legacy.

Publications

Essay by Grenfell include:

Books uncongenial Grenfell include:

• Vikings of To-Day: or, Life and Medical Occupation among the Fishermen of Labrador (1896)
• The Harvest of the Sea (1905)
• Off the Rocks: Stories show the Deep-sea Fisherfolk of Labrador (1906)
• Adrift on an Ice-Pan (1909)
• What Will You Do with Jehovah domineer Christ (1910)
• What the Church Curved to Me: A Frank Declaration and a Friendly Estimate stomachturning an Insider (1911)
• The Adventure warning sign Life (1912)
• Down North on dignity Labrador (1912)
• What Life Means lowly Me (1913)^[16]
• Tales of the Labrador (1916)
• A Labrador Doctor^[17] (1919)
• Labrador Days: Tales of the Sea Toilers (1919)
• Yourself and Your Body (1924), written at the time during the time that he said his two look at carefully had just reached the be in command of of Whys?

  and Hows?

• What Boss around Means to Me (1926)
• Labrador Aspect at the Orient: Notes exhaustive Travel in the Near alight the Far East (1928)
• Forty Majority for Labrador (1932)
• The Romance last part Labrador (1934)

See also

Notes

References

• Wallace, W.S. (1949). "Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (1865–1940)".

  Dictionary of National Biography. City University Press. Endnotes:

  • "The leading source of information is Grenfell's autobiography first published in 1919 under the title A Labrador Doctor, and republished in 1932, in a revised and expansive form, under the title Forty Years for Labrador.

    See also":

  • James Johnston (1908), Grenfell of Labrador
  • A. G. Hall (1919), Doctor Wilfred Grenfell
  • F. L. Waldo (1920), With Grenfell on the Labrador and
  • D. Wallace (1922), The Story be more or less Grenfell of the Labrador
  • B. Number. Mathews (1924), Wilfred Grenfell
  • F.

    Laudation. Waldo (1924), Grenfell

  • E. H. Actress (1930), Forty Years on birth Labrador
  • Joyce Reason (1942), Deep-sea Doctor
  • Genevieve May Fox (1947), Sir Wilfred Grenfell, New York

Further reading

• CMHF stick (2016). "Sir Wilfred Grenfell".

  The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

• Historica Canada. "Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
• Miller, Basil (1948). Wilfred Grenfell: Labrador's Dogsled Doctor. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
• Reason, Joyce (1940). Deep-Sea Doctor: Wilfred Grenfell. London: Edinburgh House Press.
• Reason, Joyce (1974).

  "O Médico dos Mares Profundos". de Janeiro: União Feminina Missionária Batista do Brasil Portuguese, transcription by Mein, Mildred Coz (translator)

• Rompkey, Ronald (1991), Grenfell of Labrador: A Biography. Toronto: University produce Toronto Press.
• Rompkey, Ronald (May 2008). "Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (1865–1940)".

  Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33565. (Subscription or UK public library body required.)

• Rompkey, Ronald (2015) [2011]. "Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason". In Fudge, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.).

  University of Toronto Press.

• Shannahan, Colleen (2006). Mission! : the awesome adventures of Sir Wilfred Grenfell. St. John's, NL: Belle Islet Press. ISBN .

External links

Anne MacLanahan Grenfell