Dr.
Carl
Edmund
Atwood
Born in Clyde River, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Herbert Leslie Atwood
and Florence Cornelia McGowan
Brother of
Elmer L Atwood and Mary Edith (Atwood) Swaine
Husband of
Margaret Dorothy (Killam) Atwood
— married
12 Sep 1935 in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Father of
Margaret Atwood and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 86
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Nov 2014
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Biography
Dr. Carl Atwood was appointed Professor of Forest Entomology at the University of Toronto in 1946 and retired in 1972. The Carl E. Atwood Graduate Award in Zoology at the University of Toronto was established in his honour.[1]
Born in 1906 in Clyde River, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, he was the son of Herbert Atwood and Florence McGowan.[2][3] He is the father of author Margaret Atwood.
Sources
- ↑ The Carl E. Atwood Graduate Award
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8K14-6VZM : 22 July 2021), Carl Edmund Atwood, 19 Jun 1906; citing Birth, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-JJHW : 17 March 2022), Carl Atwood in entry for Herbert L Atwood, 1911; citing Census, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .
See also:
- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ATWOOD/2000-06/0960306708
- http://records.ancestry.com/carl_edmund_atwood_records.ashx?pid=72816438
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #69379280 (accessed 10 July 2023)
Memorial page for Carl Edmund Atwood (19 Jun 1906-1993), citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by family tree maker (contributor 47353710).
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