Bailey, William Louis

William Louis Bailey was born in Losseau, Ontario in 1882 and attended Queen's University, graduating with an M.A. in 1904. He subsequently became Head of Sociology Department, Northwestern University, retiring in 1947 after fifty years teaching as Professor Emeritus. For the next six years he was Visiting Professor at the Universities of Maryland and Pittsburgh and at the Pentagon. He retired to Prince Edward Island in 1953.

Professor Bailey was well known for his two specialties: Metropolitan Suburbanism and the Sociology of Religion.