biography
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Grenfell, Sir Wilfred (Thomason)
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| lived:
| (1865–1940)
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| biography:
| Physician and missionary, born in Parkgate, Cheshire, NWC England, UK. He studied at London University, became a surgeon on a hospital ship serving the North Sea fisheries, and was a member of the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. In 1892 he went to Labrador and founded hospitals, orphanages, and other social services, as well as fitting out hospital ships for the fishing grounds. He was knighted in 1927. |
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