About Arthur Silver Morton
Lived 1870 – 1945 (aged 74–75). Arthur Silver Morton was a historian and archivist.
Arthur Silver Morton (1870–1945) was a Canadian historian, archivist, and academic.
Born in Iere Village, Trinidad, on 16 May 1870, Morton studied at the University of Edinburgh before moving to Canada to become a Presbyterian minister. He was chief librarian and head of the history department at the University of Saskatchewan. He also served as the first provincial archivist of Saskatchewan from 1938 until 1945. He was named a Person of National Historic Significance in 1952. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a recipient of the Tyrrell Medal.
Morton died on 26 January 1945.
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Canadian historian, archivist, and academic
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