Penfield, Wilder Graves b. January 25, 1891 d. April 5, 1976 Medical Pioneer. A native of Spokane, Washington, he was one of Canada's greatest doctors. Known as 'the greatest living Canadian' during his lifetime, Penfield was educated at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, Oxford University in Oxford, England, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Maryland. Penfield was known mainly for his work involving patients with severe epilepsy, where he would on purpose destroy nerve cells in the brain in hopes of trying to find out where the...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Penfield Family Cemetery, Austin, Manitoba, Canada
b. January 25, 1891 d. April 5, 1976