Join us as we reflect on Dr. Cluny Macpherson, proud Newfoundland medical doctor, and his invention of the gas mask. Several distinguished speakers and historians, beginning with renowned military historian Andrew Robertshaw from the U.K., will provide glimpses into the life Dr. Macpherson and the First World War, along with a look at Newfoundland’s and Memorial University’s medical graduates’ contributions in the Canadian Armed Forces today. We will also unveil an original Cluny Macpherson gas mask to be put on permanent display in the Faculty of Medicine.

Featuring Plenary Speaker:

ANDREW ROBERTSHAW

Historian, broadcaster and educator, Andrew Robertshaw is one of the U.K.’s most exciting military historians who combines archaeological and experimental techniques with unparalleled archival research and crowd-sourcing to reveal what it was really like to be on the frontline of history.

Cost: Registration is complimentary but required.

How to Register: Contact the Faculty of Medicine Founders’ Archive at medfound@mun.ca or 709 777 6208.

For more information please visit:

www.library.mun.ca/hsl/archives/about/symposium/