Henry Marshall Tory (January 11, 1864 – February 6, 1947) was the first president of the
University of Alberta
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(1908–1928), the first president of the
Khaki University
Khaki University (initially Khaki College or University of Vimy Ridge) was a Canadian overseas educational institution set up and managed by the general staff of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in Britain 1917–19 during the First World ...
, the first president of the
National Research Council (1928–1935), and the first president of
Carleton College
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(1942–1947). His brother was
James Cranswick Tory
James Cranswick Tory (October 24, 1862 – June 26, 1944) was a Nova Scotia businessman and politician. He was born in 1862 to Robert Kirk Tory and Anorah Ferguson in Guysborough County and lived in the village of Guysborough. He attended McGil ...
,
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
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(1925–1930).
Overview
Awarded one of
McGill University
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's earliest doctoral degrees in science, Tory did not himself become a researcher but was the principal founder of several universities –
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thr ...
,
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...
and
Carleton University
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– and of the
Alberta Research Council
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and the
National Research Council.
Early life
Born on a farm near
Guysborough, in
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County (Antigonish Coun ...
, his mother was a major factor in his educational ambition.
At 22, he registered for Honours Mathematics and Physics in 1886 at
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Univer ...
and received an Honours B.A. with gold medal in 1890, despite his mother's desire for him to attend
Mount Allison University
Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839.
Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not par ...
to study Arts and Theology.
[The New Trail]
, the University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...
’s alumni magazine, pp 188-195, October 1947[
After graduating, he studied theology and received a B.D. from Wesleyan College, affiliated with McGill. He spent the next two years preaching at a church. In 1893, he married Annie Gertrude Frost of Knowlton, Quebec, who has never had any mentions outside of being a good hostess.][
]
Career
Tory became a lecturer in mathematics at McGill University in 1893, and he received an M.A. in Mathematics in 1896. He received a D.Sc. degree in 1903 and was promoted to associate professor of mathematics. In 1906, he set up the McGill University College of British Columbia
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, which was absorbed into the University of British Columbia in 1915. From 1908 to 1929, he was the first president of the University of Alberta.
During World War I
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, Tory, initially somewhat reluctantly, became a colonel in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
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in 1916.[ After a tour of the front lines in ]France
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, he returned to England
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and proceeded to set up and run what came to be known as the Khaki University
Khaki University (initially Khaki College or University of Vimy Ridge) was a Canadian overseas educational institution set up and managed by the general staff of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in Britain 1917–19 during the First World ...
, enrolling over 50,000 Canadian student soldiers by the end of the Great War.
Tory returned to Alberta
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in 1919 and resumed his position as president of the University of Alberta. Nearing retirement, on June 1, 1928, he accepted an appointment as the first President of the Council and Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Laboratories (which was later called the National Research Council of Canada
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). From 1939 to 1940, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada
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, just after his wife's death in 1938.[
From 1942 until his death in 1947, he was the first president of Carleton College (which later became Carleton University).][
]
Legacy
The Henry Marshall Tory Building and the Tory Theatre at the University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...
were named in his honour, as was the Tory Building at Carleton University
Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...
.
The Henry Marshall Tory Medal at the University of British Columbia
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was established in 1941.
University Histories
* William Hardy Alexander, ''The University of Alberta: A Retrospect 1908-1929''["The University of Alberta: A Retrospect 1908-1929", William Hardy Alexander, Edmonton, University Printing Press, 1929]
* Walter Johns, ''History of the University of Alberta''["History of the University of Alberta", Walter H. Johns, (The University of Alberta Press, 1981), ]
* John Macdonald, ''The History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1958''["The history of the University of Alberta, 1908-1958", John MacDonald, University of Alberta, 1958, ASIN B0007EFODW]
* Scott Rollans ''Echoes in the Halls: An Unofficial History of the University of Alberta'' (Association of Professors Emeriti of the U of A, University Of Alberta, 1999)
* Ellen Schoeck, ''I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006''["I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006", Ellen Schoeck, Foreword Jim Edwards, (University of Alberta Press, 2006), ]
* William C. Gibson ''Wesbrook & His University'' (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press)
* George Woodcock & Tim Fitzharris. ''The University of British Columbia – A Souvenir''. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986).
* H. Blair Neatby ''Creating Carleton: The Shaping of a University'' (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, October 1, 2002)
* Paul Axelrod ''Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945-1980'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, September 1, 1982)
References
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External links
Henry Marshall Tory Fonds
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1864 births
1947 deaths
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People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Presidents of the University of Alberta
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Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)