Gordon Roper was chair of English at Trinity College, a member of the graduate faculty at the university, a senior founder of
Massey College
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and responsible as Senior Fellow Emeritus for developing the Massey College library, later renamed the
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 β 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...
library.
Northrop Frye
Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Frye gained international fame with his first book, ''Fearful Symmetr ...
and
E. J. Pratt were his friends. Governor General
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson ( zh, c=δΌε°ζ; ; born February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refuge ...
was a former student.
References
*"Gordon Roper, 93: Prof. helped bring CanLit to world",
The Toronto Star
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The newspaper was establis ...
, March 28, 2005
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
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