Alfred Bailey

Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, (March 18, 1905 – April 21, 1997) was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.

Life

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the son of Professor Loring Woart Bailey Jr. and Ernestine Valiant (Gale) Bailey, he received his BA degree in 1927 from the University of New Brunswick (UNB).

Alfred Bailey was Honorary Librarian and CEO of the UNB Library from 1946 to 1959. From 1946 to 1964, he was the first Dean of Arts at UNB, and from 1965 to 1969, he was Vice President (Academic). He retired in 1970.

Recognition On retirement, Bailey was appointed Professor Emeritus at UNB.

In 1951, Bailey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey has had a formative influence on a generation of younger poets, notably Elizabeth Brewster, Fred Cogswell, and Robert Gibbs.

Publications

Poetry Songs of the Saguenay and other poems. Quebec City: Chronicle-Telegraph Publications, 1927. Tao: A Ryerson Poetry Chap Book. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1930. Border River. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1952. Thanks for a Drowned Island Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems of Alfred Bailey. Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1981. nominated for a 1981 Governor General's Awards The sun the wind the summer field. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1996.

Prose The Conflict of European and Eastern Algonkian Culture 1504-1700: A Study in Canadian Civilization. University of Toronto, 1934; Rpt. (with two chapters omitted) Saint John, 1937; Rpt. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1969. Culture and Nationality: Essays by A. G. Bailey. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. "Overture to Nationhood." The Literary History of Canada. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1976. The Letters of James and Ellen Robb: Portrait of a Fredericton Family in Early Victorian Times (1983)

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy St. Thomas University (New Brunswick).