W.L. Morton
William Lewis Morton (
1908-
1980) was a noted
Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba but won a
Rhodes Scholarship and attended
Oxford University where he studied history. He returned to Canada first teaching at the
University of Manitoba and then at
Trent University. Morton was a strong support of the
Progressive Conservative Party but was very much a
Red Tory. He died in
Red Deer, Alberta in
1980.
Works:
- Third Crossing: A History of the Town and District of Gladstone in the Province of Manitoba - 1946
- The Progressive Party in Canada - 1950 (Winner of the 1950 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction)
- The London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile 1849-1852 - 1956
- Alexander Begg's Red River Journal and Other Papers Relative to the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 - 1956
- Manitoba: A History - 1957
- One University: A History of the University of Manitoba - 1960
- The Canadian Identity - 1961
- The Kingdom of Canada - 1963
- The Critical Years: The Union of British North America, 1857-1973 - 1964
- Manitoba: The Birth of a Province - 1965
- Contexts of Canada's Past: Selected Essays of W.L. Morton - 1980
See also:
List of Canadian historians