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.