Grenfell of Labrador : : A Biography / / Ronald Rompkey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Rompkey, Ronald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)

When the 23-year-old British Doctor Wilfred Grenfell first set foot in Newfoundland in 1892, bent upon serving migrant fishermen, he had no clear idea who his patients were or how they lived there. But his first few weeks on the Labrador coast changed all that. Moved by its natural beauty and the lack of the most elementary comforts, he was seized by a desire for reform and devoted the rest of his life to the task. At first an evangelical missionary of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Grenfell would become the instrument of philanthropic movements on both sides of the Atlantic and a beloved symbol of unselfish service.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Part One: Deep Sea Missionary -- 1. Mostyn House School 1865 -1882 -- 2. The London Hospital Medical College, 1883-1889 -- 3. The Mission To Deep Sea Fishermen, 1889-1892 -- 4. The Voyages Of The Albert, 1892-1893 -- 5. The Voyage Of The Princess May, 1893-94 -- Part Two: Social Reformer -- 6. Hard Times In Newfoundland, 1894-1897 -- 7. Exile In England, 1897-1899 -- 8. The Hero Ascendant, 1900-1905 -- 9. Grand Almoner, 1905-1908 -- 10. The Hero Confirmed, 1908-1910 -- Part Three: Living Legend -- 11. Running A Railroad Accident, 1910-1914 -- 12. Coping With War, 1914-1918 -- 13. Promoting The Mission, 1918-1920 -- 14. The Lecture Circuit, 1918-1923 -- 15. Public Figure, 1923-1927 -- Part Four: Spent Runner -- 16. The New Mission, 1928-1931 -- 17. The Death Of Democracy, 1931-1934 -- 18. Resignation, 1934-1937 -- 19. The Last Lap, 1937-1940 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index