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Norman Bethune

Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, has always been fascinated by the dynamic man who married his social conscience to his medical mission. Reviled as a Communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Bethune was a complicated, inspirational figure who lived and loved on a large canvas.

Important places

Montreal (300)
Toronto (928)

Regions

Ontario (2,314)
Québec (555)
Madrid (230)

Countries

Canada (8,082)
China (2,041)
Spain (1,881)

Other geographical areas

Canadian Shield (805)
Iberian Peninsula (883)
Central Lowlands (North America) (1,334)
Central Canada (3,035)
Southern Europe (7,123)