W. Stanford Reid

William Stanford Reid (13 September 1913 – 28 December 1996), usually cited as W. Stanford Reid, was a professor of history at McGill University and the University of Guelph and a Presbyterian Church in Canada minister. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1941). He also had a divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary, studying under the Presbyterian scholar J. Gresham Machen.^[3]

The Reverend W. Stanford Reid
Born	William Stanford Reid (1913-09-13)13 September 1913
Died	28 December 1996(1996-12-28) (aged 83)
Nationality	Canadian
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Presbyterian)
Church	Presbyterian Church in Canada
Ordained	1941[1]
Academic background
Alma mater	Westminster Theological Seminary University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	The Growth of Anti-Papalism in Fifteenth Century Scotland (1941)
Doctoral advisor	Arthur Charles Howland[2]
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	McGill University University of Guelph

Notes

He was the son of Rev. William Dunn Reid and Daisy Sanford. His brother was Stewart Reid - Montreal, Quebec. His parents were Joseph Reid b. 1838 and Janet Dunn b. 1863. His grandparents were some of the first Scottish settlers in the Eastern Townships of Quebec arriving in the late 1820s. His grandparents were William Reid and Jean Gould and Andrew Dunn and Elisabeth Oliver.^[4]