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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Grant, George Parkin
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- George Grant
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Description area
Dates of existence
1918-1988
History
George Parkin Grant was born in Toronto on November 13, 1918. He attended Queen's University studying history and studied theology at Oxford in London. He taught philosophy at Dalhousie University between 1947-1960. He was briefly on faculty at York, resigning rapidly over academic principles. He joined the Department of Religion at McMaster University and returned to Dalhousie to teach Political Science, Classics, and Religion in 1980. He received the Order of Canada. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 27, 1988.