Grace Irwin
Canadian novelist and classicist
About Grace Irwin
Lived 1907 – 2008 (aged 101). Grace Irwin was a novelist, classical scholar and christian minister.
Grace Irwin (1907-2008) was a Canadian writer who wrote Christian-themed fiction. She also worked as a classics teacher and minister.
Biography Born in Toronto on July 14, 1907, Grace was the youngest of five children of John Irwin, a Methodist lay minister, and Martha Fortune Irwin, a schoolteacher. Grace attended high school at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute before going on to earn a B.A. in 1929 and an M.A. in 1932 in Greek drama and philosophy from the University of Toronto. She taught at Humberside Collegiate Institute for many years, serving as head of the Latin and Greek department from 1942 to 1969. She was also awarded a Canadian Centennial Medal in 1968. and the Word Guild's Grace Irwin Grand Prize for Christian writers.
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Who was Grace Irwin?
Canadian novelist and classicist (1907–2008)
When was Grace Irwin born?
Grace Irwin was born on 14 July 1907 in Toronto.
When did Grace Irwin die?
Grace Irwin died on 16 September 2008.
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Grace Irwin was a novelist, classical scholar and christian minister.
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