- W. L. Morton
William Lewis Morton, OC (
December 13 ,1908 –December 7 ,1980 ) was a noted Canadianhistorian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. He was born in Gladstone,Manitoba . He won aRhodes Scholarship and attendedOxford University where he studied history. He returned to Canada to teach atBrandon College , theUniversity of Manitoba , and then atTrent University .W.L. Morton served as Head of the Department of History and Provost of University College of the
University of Manitoba . He helped initiateThe Canadian Centenary Series project and served as the Executive Editor for the nineteen volume authoritative history ofCanada .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 theOrder of Canada "for his contributions as an historian, teacher and author of several books on Canadian History". [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2201]He died in
Red Deer, Alberta in 1980.Works
*"Third Crossing: A History of the Town and District of Gladstone in the Province of Manitoba" - 1946
*"The Progressive Party in Canada" - 1950 (Winner of the 1950 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction)
*"The London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile 1849-1852" - 1956
*"Alexander Begg's Red River Journal and Other Papers Relative to the Red River Resistance of 1869-70" - 1956
*"Manitoba: A History" - 1957
*"One University: A History of the University of Manitoba" - 1960
*"The Canadian Identity" - 1961
*"The Kingdom of Canada" - 1963
*"The Critical Years: The Union of British North America, 1857-1973" - 1964
*"Manitoba: The Birth of a Province" - 1965
*"Contexts of Canada's Past: Selected Essays of W.L. Morton" - 1980
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