Judith Fingard

Judith Fingard (born 1943) is a Canadian writer and historian. She taught at Dalhousie University from 1967 to 1997, and has served as President of the Canadian Historical Association and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991.

Biography Fingard was born in 1943. She attended Dalhousie University, following which she earned her PhD from the University of London in 1970. Fingard taught history at Dalhousie from 1967 to 1997, and was the Dean of Graduate Studies from 1990 to 1995. In 1989, she held the position of Coordinator of Women's Studies at Dalhousie.

She has served as President of the Canadian Historical Association and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. In 1991, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Fingard is the author of an extensive body of book reviews, biographical entries, and scholarly articles. She has written six books across her career; including The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax, which won the Evelyn Richardson Award at the Atlantic Book Awards in 1990.

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