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Type of entity
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Authorized form of name
Whalley, George
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- Arthur George Cuthbert Whalley
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Description area
Dates of existence
1915-1983
History
Timeline created by Algoma University's George Whalley website http://archives.algomau.ca/gwp/
1915 Arthur George Cuthbert Whalley was born July 25 in Kingston, Ontario; son of Reverend Arthur Frances Cecil Whalley and Dorothy (nee Quirk) Whalley
1919 The Whalley family moved to Brockville
1922 began attending St Alban's School, a boarding school for boys, in Brockville, graduating in 1930
1932 began studies at Bishop's University in Classics, graduating in 1935
1932-1935 served in Canadian Officer Training Corps (COTC) and earned “B” Certificate (Army)
1935-1936 served as schoolmaster, assistant house-master, organist, and choir-master at Rothesay College School in New Brunswick
1936 attended Oriel College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar and read for a second bachelor's degree in Greats and Theology, receiving his B. A. in 1939.
1939-1940 returned to teach at Rothesay College School
1940 July 1, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve; from October 1940 to February 1941, served on HMS Cutty Sark as a Sub-Lieutenant
1941 served on HMS Tartar as a Sub-Lieutenant and was awarded a Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving a life at sea; promoted to Lieutenant
1941-1943 served in Royal Navy Admiralty (Naval Intelligence Division or NID)
1943-1944 served on the staff of Admiral Ramsay in the Middle East (including time in Malta and Sicily)
1944 served on HMS Ceres (as an Assistant to the Executive Officer) from April to September and participated in the Normandy landing; married Elizabeth Cecilia
Muriel Watts on July 25 at Battersea Church, London; promoted to Lieutenant Commander; returned to Canada on November 17
1945 served as the First Lieutenant on HMCS Chaudiére from April to June and on HMCS Saskatchewan from June to August; received an M.A. from Oriel College,
Oxford; returned to Bishop's University and taught as Lecturer (1945-47) and Assistant Professor (1947-48)
1946 published Poems: 1939-1944; in May, received recognitions of his wartime service, including the 1939-45 Star, the Africa Star, the Italy Star, the France and
Germany Star, and the Defence Medal
1947 daughter, Katharine Cecilia, born on January 11
1948 published a second book of poems entitled No Man an Island; received an M.A. in English Literature from Bishop's University. returned to London, England to
begin Ph.D. studies at King's College, Oxford, achieving degree in 1950
1949 son, Christopher Gilbert, born July 29
1952-1956 served as commanding officer of the HMCS Cataraqui in Kingston and promoted to Commander in 1953
1953 daughter, Emily Elizabeth, born June 1; published Poetic Process; wrote “Death in the Barren Ground,” a radio play based on the diary of Edgar Christian,
Unflinching (1937), which he read before World War II; promoted to Associate Professor
1955 published Coleridge and Sara Hutchinson and the Asra Poems.
1956 his mother, Dorothy, died in Nova Scotia; retired from Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and awarded the Clasp to the Canadian Forces Decoration
1956-1957 held a Nuffield Travelling Fellowship; lived and worked in Cookham Dean, England
1958 narrated The Living Stone, an award-winning film produced by the National Film Board; gave a radio talk on Henri Bergson for the third series of “Architects of
Modern Thought,” broadcast on the CBC; promoted to Professor
1958-1959 served as Chair of the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English
1959 elected to the Royal Society of Canada
1960 published the article “The Sinking of the Bismarck: An Eye-Witness Report” (based on a letter written on June 11, 1941) in the Atlantic Monthly
1962-1967 became the Head of the Department of English and James Cappon Chair of English Language and Literature ; member of the Canadian Service Colleges
and Ontario Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
1962 published The Legend of John Hornby; Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
1963 became the President of the Kingston Symphony Association and continued in the position until 1970
1964 edited A Place of Liberty: Essays on the Government of Canadian Universities; read Archibald Lampman's “Morning on the Lievre” for a short film produced by
the National Film Board
1967-1968 held a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; lived and worked in London; helped establish a Film Studies program at Queen's University
1973-1975 held a Killam Senior Research Scholarship; lived in London and worked in British Museum
1977-1980 served second term as Head of the Department of English and reappointed to the James Cappon Chair of English Language and Literature
1977 received a D.Litt. from Carleton University
1979 received a D.Litt. from University of Saskatchewan and D.C.L. from Bishop's University
1979-1980 served as member of the board of directors for the Canadian Federation of the Humanities
1980 retired from Queen's University; publication of the first volume of Coleridge's Marginalia; edited Death in the Barren Ground: The Diary of Edgar Christian
1983 died May 27 at home in Hartington, north of Kingston, Ontario; the funeral, with a full military escort, held at St. George's Cathedral in Kingston