Robert Baird McClure

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Robert Baird McClure
M.B. M.D. D.D. LL.D. D.Litt.
FRCS (Edin.) FICS CC
23rd Moderator of the United Church of Canada
Church United Church of Canada
In office 1968-1971
Predecessor Wilfred C. Lockhart
Successor Arthur B. B. Moore
Personal details
Born November 23, 1900
Portland, Oregan
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Toronto, Ontario
Spouse Amy Hislop
Profession Physician
Alma mater University of Toronto
McGill University

Robert Baird McClure FRCS (Edin.) FICS CC (November 23, 1900 – November 10, 1991) was a Canadian physician, medical missionary, and was elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada by the 23rd General Council in Kingston, Ontario in 1968. He was the first lay person to be elected to this position.

Early life

Born in Portland, Oregon, the son of a medical missionary, he spent the first fifteen years of his life in China.

He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Medicine in 1922. In 1923, he was appointed a medical missionary to Henan, China and served until 1948. He was the only medical missionary in India and China who was able to provide radium treatment for cancer. He was also on the staff of the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Gaza, Palestine.

Medical career

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Church Involvement

He was Moderator of the United Church of Canada 1968–1971 and in 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

References

  • Munroe Scott, McClure: The China Years; McClure: Years of Challenge (biography of Dr. Robert McClure, vols. 1 and 2), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto 1979 and 1985.
  • McClure, Robert G., Vintage McClure; (with Diane Forrest), ISBN 1-55011-055-1, Welch Publishing, Burlington, Ontario 1988.
Religious titles
Preceded by Moderator of the United Church of Canada
1968–1971
Succeeded by
Arthur B. B. Moore

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