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C. B. Sissons

C. B. Sissons

Canadian historian (1879–1965)

Charles Bruce Sissons, FRSC (1879 – May 27, 1965) was a Canadian historian.

Charles Bruce Sissons was born in 1879 in Crown Hill, Ontario (now part of Springwater). He graduated from Victoria College (now Victoria University, Toronto) with a degree in classics in 1901, taking the gold medal.[1]

Sissons taught in Revelstoke, British Columbia, for four years before coming to Victoria College to teach classics. He retired in 1947[2] and died on May 27, 1965, in Toronto.[1][3]

He received the J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1952.

Books

  • Egerton Ryerson: His Life and Letters (volume 1, 1937;[4] volume 2, 1947[5])
  • A History of Victoria University (1952)[6]
  • Church & State in Canadian Education: An Historical Study (1959)[7]
  • Nil Alienum: The Memoirs of C. B. Sissons (1964)[8]

References

  1. [1]
    McKay, William Angus, ed. (1978). The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography (4th ed.). Macmillan of Canada. p. 774. ISBN 0-7705-1462-6. OCLC 4576673.
  2. [2]
    Story, Norah (1968). The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 766. OCLC 1150996067.
  3. [3]
    "Toronto Professor Dies at 85". The Windsor Star. The Canadian Press. May 28, 1965. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    Morison, J. L. (1938). History. new series. 23 (90): 174–176. ISSN 0018-2648. JSTOR 24401187.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. [5]
    Clark, S. D. (May 1948). The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. 14 (2): 255. doi:10.2307/138014. JSTOR 138014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. [6]
    Reviews of History of Victoria University:
  7. [7]
    Moir, John S. (May 1960). The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. 26 (2): 356. doi:10.2307/138668. JSTOR 138668.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. [8]
    Talman, James J. (1965). Canadian Historical Review. 46 (3): 256–257. doi:10.3138/chr-046-04-br83. ISSN 1710-1093. Project MUSE 568225.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)


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