Reade, John

John Reade was a poet, writer and journalist born in Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland in 1837. Educated in Belfast, he arrived in Canada in 1856, and established the "Montreal Literary Magazine." He was connected with the Montreal "Gazette" as a literary editor in 1874 and contributed to every magazine or review that has been established in Canada since 1860. In 1887, he was elected resident of the Montreal society for historical studies, and was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Canada.