John C. Weaver

John C. Weaver FRSC is a Canadian historian, and Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University.

Early life and education

Weaver's undergraduate studies were at Queen's University at Kingston. His PhD was at Duke University and was funded by a James B. Duke Commonwealth Fellowship. A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009) The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006). French edition: La roué vers la terre et le faconnement du monde moderne, 1650- 1900 (Montreal: Editions Fides, 2006), Translation by Christine Ayoub. Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995). With Michael Doucet, Housing the North American City (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 1991). Hamilton: An Illustrated History (Toronto: National Museum of Canada and James Lorimer and Company, 1982).