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Encyclopedia > Bethune

Bethune may refer to


People:

Places: Gordon Bethune (born August 1941) was chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines. ... Mary McLeod Bethune For the wife of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, look at Mary Bethune Abbott Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 - May 18, 1955) was born in Mayesville, South Carolina and died in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Dr. Norman Bethune 1922 Henry Norman Bethune, MD (March 3, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and humanitarian. ... Norman Bethune, (13 August 1822 – 12 October 1892) was the son of Angus Bethune who was a fur trader. ... John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801-1851), was a pioneer in spreading women’s education in India. ... Established by John Drinkwater Bethune, the Bethune College, is the first womens college in India. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...


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Bethune, Henry Norman (454 words)
Bethune, Henry Norman, surgeon, inventor, political activist (b at Gravenhurst, Ont 3 Mar 1890; d at Huang Shiko, N China 12 Nov 1939).
Bethune's fame in Canada has resulted from his status as a hero in the People's Republic of China and the impact of this on Sino-Canadian relations.
Bethune left Canada for the last time in 1938 to join the 8th Route Army in the Shanxi-Hobei border region.
Norman Bethune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (668 words)
Bethune's work in Spain in developing mobile medical units was the model for the later development of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units.
Bethune died on November 12, 1939, of blood poisoning from a cut he received while performing surgery, while with the Communist Party of China's Eighth Route Army in the midst of the second Sino-Japanese War.
Bethune was an early proponent of universal health care, the success of which he observed during a visit to the Soviet Union.
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