Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate 1997.mov

Born in 1865 in England near the Welsh border, Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell received his medical training at the London Hospital and M.D. from Oxford University in 1889. He was an unmotivated medical student until inspired by a tent evangelist to devote his restless energies to helping the less fortunate. He was further guided by the great surgeon, Sir Frederick Treves, who persuaded him to join the National Mission to Deep Sea Fisherman in the North Sea. Dr. Grenfell grew up living for adventure; the challenge of the Mission appealed to him so much that in 1890 he became its superintendent.

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