Arthur Silver Morton

Canadian historian, archivist, and academic

University of Saskatchewan
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan

Notable worksA History of the Canadian West to 1870–71 (1939)

Arthur Silver Morton FRSC (1870–1945) was a Canadian historian, archivist, and academic.

Born in Iere Village, Trinidad, on 16 May 1870, Morton studied at the University of Edinburgh before moving to Canada to become a Presbyterian minister.^[1] He was chief librarian and head of the history department at the University of Saskatchewan. He also served as the first provincial archivist of Saskatchewan from 1938 until 1945.^[2]

His publications included The History of Prairie Settlement and History of the Canadian West to 1870–71.^[3] He was named a Person of National Historic Significance in 1952 he was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a recipient of the Tyrrell Medal.^[2]

Morton died on 26 January 1945.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Morton, Arthur Silver, 1870-1945 (Professor of History), Saskatchewan Archival Information Network
^ ^a ^b Morton, Arthur Silver National Historic Person, Parks Canada
^ Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Silver Morton (1870-1945), Manitoba Historical Society, 30 January 2009