| 词条 | W. L. Morton |
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| name = W. L. Morton | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = William Lewis Morton | birth_date = December 13, 1908 | birth_place = Gladstone, Manitoba | death_date = December 7, 1980 | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Historian | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}William Lewis Morton, OC (December 13, 1908 – December 7, 1980) was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. Along with Arthur R. M. Lower and Donald Creighton he was one of the dominant historians in this country.[1] He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba. He won a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he studied history. He returned to Canada to teach at Brandon College, the University of Manitoba, and then at Trent University. W.L. Morton served as Head of the Department of History and Provost of University College of the University of Manitoba. He helped initiate The Canadian Centenary Series project and served as the Executive Editor for the nineteen volume authoritative history of Canada. He served as President of the Canadian Historical Association from 1959-60.[2] Morton was one of the most prominent early faculty members of Trent University at Peterborough, Ontario, and was the first Master of the university's Champlain College. Morton was a strong supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party, but was very much a Red Tory. In 1969, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as an historian, teacher and author of several books on Canadian History".[3] Morton was a passionate nationalist and a conservative who fought against the liberal ideas that dominated Canadian thought after 1960, when the younger generation focused more on race, class, and gender as opposed to the national themes that intrigued Morton.[4] Works
References1. ^Kelly Boyd, ed., Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writers (1999) 2:840 2. ^Past Presidents, CHA 3. ^{{OCC|2201}} 4. ^Kelly Boyd, ed., Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writers (1999) 2:840 Further reading
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