Arthur Silver Morton

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

Arthur Silver Morton FRSC
Born	(1870-05-16)16 May 1870 Iere Village, Trinidad and Tobago
Died	26 January 1945(1945-01-26) (aged 74)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	University of Saskatchewan Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan
Notable works	A History of the Canadian West to 1870–71 (1939)

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.^[4][2]

Morton died on 26 January 1945.^[1]

Works

• The Way To Union, (1912)
• Under Western Skies: Pen-Pictures Of The Canadian West, (1937)
• The History of Prairie Settlement, (1938)
• A History Of The Canadian West To 1870-71, (1939)
• Sir George Simpson: Hudson's Bay Company, (1944)

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