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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell KCMG (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics. Early life and education.
- Norman Duncan
- 1904
Sir Wilfred Grenfell was an English medical missionary who was the tireless benefactor of the people of Labrador. While still a medical student at London University in 1887, Grenfell was impressed by the sermons of the American evangelist Dwight L. Moody and, in the same year, joined the Royal.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 13, 2007 · Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, medical missionary (b at Parkgate, Eng 28 Feb 1865; d at Charlotte, Vt 9 Oct 1940). Grenfell entered the London Medical School in 1883 and 2 years later was converted to active CHRISTIANITY at a tent meeting of American evangelist Dwight L. Moody.
In 1887, the year after qualification, Grenfell joined the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen as a medical missionary; and after serving for five years in this capacity from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay, he became a master mariner, and fitted out the mission’s first hospital ship.
Aug 3, 2017 · Learn how Wilfred Grenfell, a British medical missionary, survived a dramatic ordeal on an ice floe and founded a health-care network in Labrador and northern Newfoundland. Read about his adventures, his fundraising skills and his legacy in this 15 Canadian stories series.
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One locates the ashes of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the British physician whose extraordinary accomplishments in Newfoundland and Labrador embraced the building of hospitals, orphanages, schools, and small industries where none had existed before.
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Learn about the history and legacy of the Grenfell Mission, founded by British medical missionary Wilfred Grenfell in 1892. The mission provided health-care services, social programs, and economic development in Labrador and northern Newfoundland for almost a century.
