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Sir John Andrew Macphail

サー・ジョン・アンドリュー・マクフェイル

Sā Jon Andoryū Makufairu

Aliases: Andrew Macphail

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1864-11-24 (Orwell, Prince Edward Island)
Died
1938-09-23 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) age 73
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Orwell, Prince Edward Island → Montreal

Career

Occupations
physician, author, professor of medicine, soldier
Active Years
1891-1938
Affiliations
Bishop's College, McGill University
Memberships
Royal Society of Canada

Education

McGill University
Medicine
Degree: MD
Year of Graduation: 1891
Country: Canada
Medical degree obtained
Prince of Wales College
Country: Canada
Charlottetown
Royal College of Surgeons
Country: England
Membership obtained
Royal College of Physicians
Country: England
Licensed

Awards

Knighthood
1918
Organization: British Crown
Result: 受賞
FRSC
1910
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 選出
Lorne Pierce Medal
1930
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 受賞
Quebec government prize for literature
1928
Organization: Quebec government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Three Persons

1929 Criticism

Detailed reviews of memoirs by three WWI authors including T.E. Lawrence

WarMemoirs

The Master's Wife

1939 Biography/Social History

Part biography of self and family, history of Orwell community, 19th century PEI life

FamilyLocal HistoryRural Life

The Vine of Sibmah: A Relation of the Puritans

1906 Novel

Romantic novel set in the Restoration period

Puritans

Bibliography

  • Essays in Politics (1903)
  • Essays in Puritanism (1905)
  • Essays in Fallacy (1910)
  • The Book of Sorrow (1916)
  • Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War: The Medical Services (1925)
  • Three Persons (1929)
  • The Master's Wife (1939)

Translations by Author

  • Maria Chapdelaine (translation of Louis Hémon, 1921)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Forceful personality and ideasEssays
Recurring Motifs
PuritanismPoliticsMedicine

Legacy

Influential Canadian intellectual in early 20th century in medicine, literature, and military.

Museums

  • Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead Orwell, Prince Edward Island

Academic Societies

  • Royal Society of Canada

Archives

  • McGill University Library

Trivia

  • Enlisted in WWI at age 50
  • Founded and edited University Magazine