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    What Canadian is famous to hundreds of millions, but almost unknown in his own country?

    Question #110579. Asked by unclerick. (Nov 08 09 11:07 AM)


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    		As a Canuck (though a somewhat enlightened one) I submit that Henry Norman Bethune, a Canadian physician and medical innovator, fits the bill.

    For a variety of reasons, most notably:

    Virtually unknown in his homeland during his lifetime, Bethune received international recognition when Chairman Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China published his essay entitled In Memory of Norman Bethune, which documented the final months of the doctor's life in China. Almost the entire Chinese population knew about the essay which had become required reading in China's elementary schools during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-76).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bethune

    This what you had in mind unclerk?


    Nov 08 09, 11:32 AM
    unclerick

    		You got it.

    Nov 08 09, 11:57 AM

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