Chester Bailey Martin, FRSC (1882 – 2 April 1958) was a Canadian historian.His name is given as Chester Baily Martin in some sources. Martin was educated at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...

, before becoming one of the first Canadian

Rhodes Scholars The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The scholarship is open to people from all backgrounds around the world. Established in 1902, it is ...

in 1904. He attended

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

, where he won the Gladstone Memorial Prize, the Brassey Studentship, and the Beit Scholarship. He became Professor of History at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

in 1909, before moving to the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

in 1929, where he succeeded

George MacKinnon Wrong George MacKinnon Wrong (June 25, 1860 – June 29, 1948) was a Canadian clergyman and historian. Life and career Born at Grovesend in Elgin County, Canada West (now Ontario), he was ordained in the Anglican priesthood in 1883 after attendin ...

. Elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1920, Martin was President of the

Canadian Historical Association The Canadian Historical Association (CHA; , SHC) is a Canadian organization founded in 1922 for the purposes of promoting historical research and scholarship. It is a bilingual, not-for-profit, charitable organization, the largest of its kind in ...

(of which he was a founding member) from 1928 to 1929. He received the J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1940.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Chester Bailey 1882 births 1958 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Historians of Canada Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association University of New Brunswick alumni Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Canadian Rhodes Scholars Academic staff of the University of Manitoba Academic staff of the University of Toronto