Background
Penfield, Wilder Graves was born on January 26, 1891 in Spokane. Son of Charles Samuel and Jean (Jefferson) Penfield.
Penfield, Wilder Graves was born on January 26, 1891 in Spokane. Son of Charles Samuel and Jean (Jefferson) Penfield.
Bachelor of Letters, Princeton, 1913, Doctor of Science, 1939. Rhodes scholar, Oxford (England) University, 1914-1916, 19-20, Bachelor of Arts, 1916, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Science, 1920, Doctor of Science, 1935, Doctor of Civil Law, 1953. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1918.
Doctor of Science, University British Columbia, 1946, U. Toronto, 1953, Yale, U. Leeds, 1954, New York University, U. Manitoba, 1955, U. Delhi, 1957, University of Wisconsin, 1958, Dartmouth, McGill University, 1960, McMaster University, 1962, U. North.B., 1963, Royal Military College, 1970.
Doctor of Civil Law, Bishops University, 1944, Ottawa University, 1966. Docteur en Medicine, U. Montreal, 1945, U. Laval, 1951.
Doctor of Laws, University Wales, Dalhousie University, 1953, Saint Lawrence University, 1956, Queen's University, 1957, Edinburgh University, Saskatchewan University, 1959, Vermont University, Melbourne University, 1962, Johns Hopkins, 1970, U. Western Ontario, 1972. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Poland, 1960.
Doctorate. de l’U. de Paris, 1954.
Doctorate.U.C., Calgary University, 1967.
Naturalized Canadian citizen. Beit memorial research fellow, London, 1920-1921. Research and brain surgery Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1921-1928.
Neurosurgeon Royal Victoria, Montreal General hospitals, 1928-1960.
Director Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934-1960, then honorary consultant.
Served in World War I with American Red Cross Hospital Northern 2. Paris, and Hospital Militaire Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria) 76, Ris Orangis, France. Fellow Royal College Surgeons, Royal Society Canada, Royal Society London, Royal College Physicians and Surgical Canada (president 1940-1944).
Member American Philosophical Society, Academy Science Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Neurological Society Warsaw, American Neurological Association (past president), Neurological Society Estonia.
Member Society Neurologie de Paris, Academie des Sciences et des Lettres of Poland.
Married Helen Katherine Kermott, June 6, 1917. Children: Wilder Graves, Ruth Mary, Priscilla, Amos Jefferson.