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SIR WILFRED THOM- ASON, an English medical missionary, born near Chester, England, 1865, of an influential family and graduated from Oxford. He then studied medicine at London Hospital. In 1889, under the auspices of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, he equipped a hospital ship to accompany the fishing fleets from the North Sea ports to Iceland. Three years later he went to Labrador and New Foundland, where he established hospitals at many points along the coast, making his headquarters at Saint Anthony. A large part of his time, however, is spent on the large steam hospital ship, "Strathcona," on which he visits all parts of the coast.
He has also instituted a chain of cooperative stores among the fishermen making for their economic betterment.
He wrote many books, chief of which are "Off the Rocks" (1906); "Down to the Sea" (1910); "Down North on the Labrador" (1911); "The Adventures of Life" (1912); etc.
GRENOBLE (gre-no'bl), a fortified town of France; capital of the department of Isère, on the Isère, 60 miles S. E. of Lyons. Grenoble occupies both sides of the river, which is crossed by three bridges, and lined by fine quays.
It has a cathedral, and a more noteworthy church (Saint-André), with the tomb of Bayard; a public library of 170,- 000 volumes; a college, museum, bishop's palace, court house, arsenal, and extensive public gardens. The manufactures consist of gloves, which may be considered the staple, linen and hemp goods, liquors, leather, etc. Grenoble existed in the time of Cæsar; and Gratian, who had improved it, changed its name from Cularo to Gratianopolis. Pop. about 80,000.