Dewar, Kenneth C(ameron) 1944-

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Dewar, Kenneth C(ameron) 1944-

PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1944, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of Maxwell C. (an architect) and Mary B. (a homemaker) Dewar; married Marged A. L. Thomas (a librarian), 1970; children: Megan, Helen. Ethnicity: "Scots." Education: University of Alberta, B.A. (with honors), 1965; University of Toronto, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1975.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6, Canada. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, lecturer in history, 1970-72; Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, assistant professor of history, 1980-81; Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, assistant professor of history, 1981-82; Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, professor of Canadian history, 1982-. Elorabooks (book store), proprietor, 1975-81.

MEMBER: Canadian Historical Association (member of council, 1992-95).

AWARDS, HONORS: Mount Saint Vincent University Alumnae Award for Teaching, 2002.

WRITINGS:

Charles Clarke, Pen and Ink Warrior, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by W. H. New, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002. Contributor to periodicals, including Historian and Canadian Historical Review.

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