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Authority record- CA QUA01670
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- CA QUA01043
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- 1859-1931
Adam Shortt, historian, public servant, and economist, was born in Kilworth, Canada West. He was educated at Queen's University and the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University from 1885 to 1892. In 1892, he became Professor of Political Science and held this post until 1908. Shortt then assumed a position as one of the civil service commissioners, remaining in office until 1918 when he became Chairman of the Board of Publications at the Public Archives of Canada. During his career, Adam Shortt researched and wrote a number of pioneer works in economic history as well as co-editing the monumental series, Canada and its Provinces with Arthur Doughty.
- CA QUA01044
- Person
- 1913-1969
Glen Shortliffe was born in 1913 at Stonewall, Manitoba. He was educated at the University of Alberta where he received a B.A. in 1934 and an M.A. in 1935. During 1935-1936 he attended the Sorbonne and he was awarded a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1939. That same year he came to Queen's University where he was a Professor of French until his death in 1956.
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