Arthur Silver Morton

Born in Trinidad, Arthur Silver Morton was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh and Berlin. He served for several years as a Presbyterian minister, lectured on church history in Halifax and Toronto, was head of the department of history and chief librarian at the University of Saskatchewan (1914 – 1940) and provincial archivist of Saskatchewan (1938 – 1945). His monumental study of the fur trade, History of the Canadian West to 1870-71, is the most important of his many publications. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1932 and awarded the Tyrrell Medal in 1941.

Né à Trinidad, Arthur Silver Morton fréquenta les universités d’Édimbourg et de Berlin. Il fut, pendant nombre d’années, ministre presbytérien, chargé des cours d’histoire de l’Église à Halifax et Toronto. Il devint plus tard directeur du département d’histoire, bibliothécare en chef à l’université de Saskatchewan (1914 – 1940) et archiviste provincial (1938 – 1945). Son étude monumentale sur le commerce des fourrures, History of the Canadian West to 1870-71, est la plus importante de ses nombreuses publications. Élu à la Société royal du Canada en 1932 il obtint la médaille Tyrell en 1941.