Bethune in Spain, written by Stewart and co-author Jesus Majada, was published by Oberon Press
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Norman Bethune
Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of universal health care, and member of the Communist Party of Canada. Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline trauma surgeon supporting the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War, and later supporting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Ja…
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science · Canadian physician (1890–1939) · physician · teacher · surgeon · stretcher bearer · also Norman Bethune, Bai Qiuen, Bai Qiu'en, Henry Norman Bethune, Bethune
Born 4 March 1890 · Died 12 November 1939 · Q162112
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2014· 1 entry
2013· 1 entry
Before being reinstated in 2016 and remains today: Comrade Bethune's spirit, his utter devotion to others without any thought of self, was shown in his great sense of responsibility in his work and his great warm-hearted
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2012· 1 entry
The Government of Canada opened a new visitor centre, to enhance the experience of visitors to the site
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2011· 1 entry
Co-authored with Sharon Stewart, Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, a book which Canadian author Michael Bliss, in his review in The Globe and Mail, said, "should become the definitive basis for all serious discus
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2006· 2 entries
The city of Málaga, Spain, opened the Walk of Canadians in his memory
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China Central Television produced a 20-part drama series, Norman Bethune (诺尔曼·白求恩), documenting his life, which with a budget of yuan 30 million (US$3
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2004· 1 entry
Was voted the 26th Greatest Canadian by viewers
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2000· 1 entry
The University of Toronto inaugurated the annual Bethune Round Table on International Surgery, an annual surgical conference named in his honour
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (1998).
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Bethune was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame located in London, Ontario
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1991· 1 entry
Is the highest medical honour in China, bestowed to up to seven individuals by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Personnel of China, to recognize outstanding contribution, heroic spirit and great humanitarianism in
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1976· 1 entry
The restored building was opened to the public as Bethune Memorial House
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1973· 1 entry
Following the visit of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to China, the Government of Canada purchased the manse of Presbyterian Church in Gravenhurst, in which Bethune was born
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1954· 1 entry
Medical College of Changchun (July 1958), Medical University of Jilin (June 1959), Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences (March 1978), merged into Jilin University as Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin
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1939· 2 entries
Died 1939-11-12.
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While retrieving bony fragments from a soldier with a wounded leg
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1938· 1 entry
“Comrades, who fought for freedom and the future world, Who died for us, we will remember you.”
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1937· 2 entries
Where he went on a speaking tour to raise money and volunteers for the Spanish Civil War
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By Alexander Albert MacLeod under Bethune's direction
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1936· 1 entry
With the financial backing of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, Bethune went to Spain to offer his services to the government (Loyalist) forces
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1935· 1 entry
Bethune travelled to the Soviet Union to observe firsthand their system of universal free health care
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1929· 1 entry
Bethune remarried Frances; the best man at the wedding was his friend and colleague Graham Ross
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1928· 1 entry
Bethune joined thoracic surgical pioneer Edward William Archibald, surgeon-in-chief of the McGill University's Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal
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1927· 1 entry
CBC Digital Archives - 'Comrade' Bethune: A Controversial Hero
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1926· 2 entries
In 1926, Bethune contracted tuberculosis.
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Bethune contracted tuberculosis
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1920· 1 entry
Met Frances Penney, whom he married in 1923
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1914· 1 entry
When World War I was declared in Europe, he once again suspended his medical studies after being accepted into the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
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1911· 1 entry
To be a volunteer labourer-teacher with the Reading Camp Association (later Frontier College) at a remote lumber camp near Whitefish, Sudbury
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1909· 1 entry
Enrolled at University College, University of Toronto to study physiology and biochemistry
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1890· 1 entry
Born 1890-03-04.
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1848· 1 entry
As a member of the Royal College of Surgeons
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1839· 1 entry
Successfully ran for a post as an alderman on Toronto City Council
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1822· 1 entry
Bethune's grandfather, Norman Bethune, Sr. (1822–1892), was educated as a doctor at King's College, University of Toronto, and in London, England, at Guy's Hospital, graduating in 1848 as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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1815· 1 entry
His great-great-grandfather, the Reverend Doctor John Bethune (1751–1815), the family patriarch, established the first Presbyterian congregation in Montreal and first five Presbyterian churches in Ontario, and was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.
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