Watson, Peter Heriot

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Watson, Peter Heriot

1932-

Peter Heriot Watson was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1932. He graduated from Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, British Columbia in 1952 and then returned to Central Canada where he attended the University of Toronto, receiving an Honours B.A. in 1955. Upon graduation he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy. While in the service he taught history and mathematics, as well as attending Acadia University at Wolfville, Nova Scotia, from where he received an M.A. in History in 1957. Following his retirement from the Navy, with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, in 1959, he returned to the University of Toronto where he received his B.ED. For the next nine years he taught with the Etobicoke Board of Education. In 1968 he accepted a teaching position with the Faculty of Education at Queen's University. Mr. Watson was also active politically being deeply involved with both the Liberal Party of Canada and the Liberal Party of Ontario.

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