Bryce George 1844- Born At Mount Pleasant Near Brantford


Ontario. Educated at Toronto University and Knox College. Took part in

the skirmish at Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids. In 1871 removed to

Manitoba and organized Manitoba College. Professor of English literature

in Manitoba College, 1871-1909; and head of the faculty of science and

lecturer in biology in Manitoba University, 1891-1904. Moderator of the

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1902-1903.

President of the Royal Society of Canada, 1909-1910. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) On

causes of Riel Rebellion, 158. =Bib.=: Works: Manitoba; Short History

of the Canadian People; Apostle of Red River; Hudson's Bay Company;

Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists. For biog., see

Morgan, Can. Men.; Canadian Who's Who.



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