Grenfell of Labrador : a biography / Ronald Rompkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rompkey, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason.

Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission--Biography.

Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission.

Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission--History.

Missionaries, Medical--Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography.

Missionaries, Medical.

Missions, Medical--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History.

Missions, Medical.

Social reformers--Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography.

Social reformers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When British doctor Wilfred Grenfell arrived in Newfoundland in 1892 to provide medical service to migrant fisherman, he had no clear sense of who his patients were or how they lived - a few weeks on the Labrador coast changed that. Struck by both the rugged beauty of the place and the difficulties faced by those who lived there, Grenfell devoted the rest of his life to improving theirs. At first an evangelical missionary of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fisherman, Grenfell became part of philanthropic movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Raising funds in Canada and the United States, he founded a network of hospitals, nursing stations, schools, and home industries that exists in a modified form to this day. In 1908, the story of his survival after a night marooned on a drifting patch of ice transformed him into a popular hero. He eventually became one of the most successful lecturers of his time. Ronald Rompkey tells the story of Grenfell's education, his Anglo-Saxonism, and his devotion to broader issues of hygiene and public health. Above all, Rompkey shows that Grenfell went beyond being a doctor or a missionary to become a cultural politician who intervened in a colonial culture. Grenfell of Labrador provides a vivid picture of the man himself and the social movements through which he worked.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Preface to the 2009 Reprint

Prologue

Deep Sea Missionary

Mostyn House School 1865–1882

The London Hospital Medical College 1883–1889

The Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen 1889–1892

The Voyages of the Albert 1892–1893

The Voyage of the Princess May 1893–1894

Social Reformer

Hard Times in Newfoundland 1894–1897

Exile in England 1897–1899

The Hero Ascendant 1900–1905

Grand Almoner 1905–1908

The Hero Confirmed 1908–1910

Living Legend

Running a Railroad Accident 1910–1914

Coping with War 1914–1918

Promoting the Mission 1918–1920

The Lecture Circuit 1918–1923

Public Figure 1923–1927

Spent Runner

The New Mission 1928–1931

The Death of Democracy 1931–1934

Resignation 1934–1937

The Last Lap 1937–1940

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"First published in 1991 by University of Toronto Press"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612865749

9780773577657

0773577653

9781282865747

1282865749

9780773575196

0773575197

OCLC:

549306374