Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (1865–1940), English physician, missionary, and author. Grenfell devoted himself to establishing hospitals, nursing stations, and schools in Labrador and Newfoundland. He founded the International Grenfell Association. His published works include A Labrador Doctor (1919), Forty Years of Labrador (1932), and The Romance of Labrador (1934).