Kenneth Grant Fraser
Kenneth Grant Fraser O.B.E., M.D., Edin., D.P.H., F.R.C.S.E. or "Dr Fraser" as he is commonly remembered, was a Scottish missionary doctor and educator in Southern Sudan, specifically working among the Moru people, Moru people. He was born in 1877 in Scotland. He died in Lui, South Sudan on 10 February 1935. His Early Life Fraser was born at Crock Ban on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland in 1877, the son of George Fraser. His parents died early and so he grew up with his uncle and went to school with his cousins. At the age of 14 he ran away from home and joined the army as a drummer boy. He was converted to be a committed Christian while serving in South Africa during the Boer War, through overhearing some officers discuss spirituality. After his conversion he continued in the army, but began to develop a vision of service as a missionary. While serving in Asia, probably Ceylon, he first met his future wife Eileen Galbraith, the sister of a British officer, Alexander Norman Gal ...
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