George Mackinnon Wrong 1860-1948

Photo by Alan L Brown - June, 2009

Photo from Google Street View ©2011 Google - February, 2011

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The County of Elgin
The City of St. Thomas
Inside the Elgin County Court House
on the wall of the main corridor
on Wellington Street across from Queen Street

Coordinates: N 42 46.503 W 81 12.095

Plaque Text

Born in Gravesend, Upper Canada, Wrong graduated from Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto where, in 1895, he became the first Professor of Modern History. A believer in the historian's moral duty to interpret the past for society's present needs, he viewed Canadian history in terms of the country's British and French origins, and the American presence. As a teacher, administrator, writer and a moving force in the early days of the Canadian Historical Association, he helped to provide an intellectual base for a developing Canadian nationality. He died in Toronto.

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