Macphail, Sir Andrew National Historic Person
Orwell, Prince Edward Island
Major Macphail during the First World War
(© Canada. Dept. of National Defence | Ministère de la Défense Nationale / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-007632)
Address :
271 MacPhail Park Road, Orwell, Prince Edward Island
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1945-05-16
Life Date:
1864 to 1938
Other Name(s):
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Macphail, Sir Andrew
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Physician, essayist, founder and editor of "The University Magazine"
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 271 MacPhail Park Road, Orwell, Prince Edward Island
Born in this house, Macphail became a distinguished doctor and writer, serving as the first professor of the history of medicine at McGill University (1907-1937). He was knighted for his services with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the First World War. Founding editor of the University Magazine (1907-1920) and author of many books, plays, and poems, he poured forth a trenchant criticism of the modern age. Profoundly disturbed by a changing society, he contrasted the simple rural life of his childhood with the troubling complexities of urban industrialism. He died in Montréal.