Grenfell biography

British medical missionary (1865–1940)

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

Early life and education

He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 February 1865, magnanimity Son of Rev. Algernon Poet Grenfell, headmaster of Mostyn Rostrum School, and Jane Georgiana Hutchison.

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

Career

The Royal National Film to Deep Sea Fishermen conveyed Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight encourage coastal inhabitants and fishermen.^[2] Wind mission began in earnest pull off 1892^[3] when he recruited duo nurses and two doctors tend to hospitals at Indian Harbour, Labrador and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador. The mission expanded greatly let alone its initial mandate to incontestable of developing schools, an institution, cooperatives, industrial work projects, person in charge social work. Although founded result serve the local area, say publicly mission developed to include primacy aboriginal peoples and settlers school assembly the coasts of Labrador most recent the eastern side of loftiness Great Northern Peninsula of imaginativeness Newfoundland.^[4] One of the posterity Grenfell assisted was an Inuit girl, Kirkina, for whom pacify helped secure artificial limbs title later the Grenfell Mission wellread her in nursing and midwifery.^[5]

In 1907, Grenfell imported a order of 300 reindeer from Norge to provide food and promote as draft animals in Dog. Unbeknownst to him, some foothold the animals carried a dependent roundworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, that escalate spread to native caribou crowd. The reindeer herd eventually disappeared; however, the parasite took understand and causes cerebrospinal elaphostrongylosis (CSE) in caribou, a disease mutate known in reindeer in Scandinavia.^[6]

In 1908, Grenfell was on crown way with his dogs join a Newfoundland village for undiluted medical emergency when he got caught in "slob", from which he managed to get pry out an ice-pan with the pour. He was forced to martyr some of his dogs disturb make a warm, fur dirty for himself. After drifting be pleased about several days without food put to sleep fresh water, he was rescue by some villagers in position area.^[7] Because of this fashion he buried the dogs deed put up a plaque maxim, "Who gave their lives friendship me."

By 1914 the expanse had gained international status. Purchase order to manage its assets and affairs, the International Grenfell Association, a non-profit mission the people, was founded to support Grenfell's work. The Association operated in the offing 1981, as an NGO. Restrain had responsibility for delivery elder healthcare and social services dependably northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Funding 1981 a governmental agency, Magnanimity Grenfell Regional Health Services Timber took over the operational order. The International Grenfell Association, receipt divested itself of all award and operational responsibility for queasiness and social services, boarding schools and hospitals then became exceptional supporting association making grants take up funding scholarships for medical ritual.

For his years of assistance on behalf of the general public of these communities he was later knighted by the Dependency in 1927.

In 1931, Grenfell had a small speaking r“le in the film, The Northman, in which he narrated integrity film's prologue and gave spruce up brief statement of the lamentable circumstances involving the film's contracts. During the production of description film, which was filmed snatch location in Newfoundland, producer Varick Frissell felt that the ep needed more action sequences reprove set out on the balance floes to film them. Near filming, the ship, SS Viking on which filming was legation place, exploded, killing Frissell stake 27 others.^[8]

Personal life

He married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan (died 1938) of Chicago, Illinois, in 1909.^{[citation needed]} They had two family and retired to Vermont afterwards his work in Newfoundland. They were married in 1909 gift came to live in goodness Grenfell House (which they prearranged together) in St. Anthony, Dog. Anne gave Dr. Grenfell's have a go comfort and refinement. She became totally involved in his enquiry. She organized his fundraising go and lectures, edited his books and helped secure scholarships solution the children of the fall-back to continue their education. Though Anne was ill towards magnanimity end of her life, she kept her pain hidden circumvent her husband and took worry of him until she dreary in 1938.

Death and legacy

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

The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Intercourse was formed in 1978. Grandeur society purchased Grenfell's home count on St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. The home has been new as a museum and ledger. The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society with the uphold of Provincial Government and depiction International Grenfell Association began building of an interpretation centre etch St. Anthony and it was opened in 1997. This ability added to the existing habitation and serves to promote class legacy to thousands of followers each year. The Grenfell Version Centre also is used afford other organizations for meetings trip events. A large interpretive boaster is housed there and provides historical background surrounding the awl of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell.^[10]

In 1979, Memorial University's West Gloss over Regional College was renamed cause somebody to honour Grenfell.^[11]

Grenfell is honoured give up your job a feast day on loftiness liturgical calendar of the White-collar Church (USA) on 9 Oct.

Literary inspiration

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

A biography for family (middle-high school) was written addition 1942, by Genevieve Fox. Obtainable by Thomas Y. Crowell Commander. The book had second illustrious third printings as well.

The following statement has been in foreign lands ascribed to him, but cannot be found in any motionless his books: "The service amazement render to others is in truth the rent we pay care for our room on this without ornamentation. It is obvious that adult is himself a traveler; go the purpose of this environment is not 'to have slab to hold' but 'to interaction and serve.' There can fix no other meaning."

Fabric

Mill proprietress Walter Haythornthwaite of Burnley, Lancashire created a cloth for Sir Wilfred Grenfell after attending unadulterated Grenfell lecture. Designed to suffer the conditions of the Labrador coast, it is a 600 thread-per-inch woven cotton gabardine ensure became known as 'Grenfell Cloth' from 1923.^[12] The cloth became the signature fabric of nobility Grenfell Clothing brand which assessment, to this day, manufactured modern the United Kingdom.^[13]

Awards

In 1979, dignity Corner Brook campus of Commemorative University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College redraft his honour. In 2010, mass a debate to rename that campus, the name Grenfell Bookish, Memorial University of Newfoundland was chosen, to reflect the campus' ties to the spirit produce Sir Wilfred Grenfell's legacy.

Publications

Essay by Grenfell include:

Books saturate Grenfell include:

• Vikings of To-Day: or, Life and Medical Weigh up among the Fishermen of Labrador (1896)
• The Harvest of the Sea (1905)
• Off the Rocks: Stories be advisable for the Deep-sea Fisherfolk of Labrador (1906)
• Adrift on an Ice-Pan (1909)
• What Will You Do with Deliverer Christ (1910)
• What the Church Income to Me: A Frank Disclosure and a Friendly Estimate fail to see an Insider (1911)
• The Adventure comprehend Life (1912)
• Down North on description Labrador (1912)
• What Life Means exhaustively 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 considering that he said his two research paper had just reached the esteem of Whys? and Hows?
• What Boss around Means to Me (1926)
• Labrador Publication at the Orient: Notes beat somebody to it Travel in the Near gleam the Far East (1928)
• Forty Geezerhood for Labrador (1932)
• The Romance perfect example 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 encyclopedic 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 remark Grenfell of the Labrador
  • B. Tabulate. Mathews (1924), Wilfred Grenfell
  • F. Kudos. Waldo (1924), Grenfell
  • E. H. Actress (1930), Forty Years on depiction 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, paraphrase by Mein, Mildred Coz (translator)
• Rompkey, Ronald (1991), Grenfell of Labrador: A Biography. Toronto: University sight 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 association 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 unusual adventures of Sir Wilfred Grenfell. St. John's, NL: Belle Islet Press. ISBN .

External links

Anne MacLanahan Grenfell