Name Frank Schofield Role Veterinarian | Died 1970, Seoul, South Korea | |
Born 15 March 1889 ( 1889-03-15 ) Warwickshire, England Known for Helping to liberate Korea from the Japanese Empire Relatives Alice Schofield (spouse) Profession Veterinarian and Missionary Institutions Ontario Veterinary College, Seoul National University Research Paragonimus, New-castle disease Education Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto | ||
Dr. Frank W. Schofield (1889–1970) was a British-born Canadian veterinarian who graduated in 1910 from the Ontario Veterinary College, then in Toronto. He lived in Korea from 1916-1920 where he taught at the Severance Medical School and became involved in the liberation of the country from the Japanese Empire. In 1920 he returned to his teaching position at the Ontario Veterinary College, first in Toronto and later in Guelph, Ontario.
Schofield elucidated the etiology and pathology of mouldy sweet clover poisoning, which led to the discovery of the anticoagulant warfarin.
After his retirement from OVC in 1955 he returned to Korea and then taught at the Veterinary College of Seoul National University. He died in Seoul in 1970 and was buried in the Korean National Cemetery, the first foreigner to be so honoured.