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Wilfred Grenfell
1865Feb, 28

Wilfred Grenfell

Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary (d. 1940)
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics.

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