Henry Marshall Tory (1864 - 1947)

Born 11 Jan 1864 in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 6 Feb 1947 at age 83 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Henry Tory is Notable.

He was born to Robert Kirk Tory and Anorah Ferguson. He married Anne Gertrude Frost (1864–1938) of Knowlton, Quebec in 1893.^[1] His brother was James Cranswick Tory, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1925–1930). He was the great-grandson of James Tory, who had been a soldier of the 71st Scottish Regiment fighting in the American Revolutionary war.^[2]

Honours BA with gold medal in 1890 for Honours Mathematics and Physics at McGill University. Followed by a BD from Wesleyan College, McGill, MA Mathematics, McGill in 1896, and DSc, McGill in 1903.^[3] His studies included working at Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratories, under J. J. Thomson, the discoverer of the electron, and Arthur Cayley, the greatest mathematician of the time.^[4]

He was an honorary colonel in the Great War in Canada and England, related to his being the first president of the Khaki University.^[5]

In 1906, he set up the McGill University College of British Columbia which was absorbed into the University of British Columbia in 1915. He was the first president of the University of Alberta (1908–1928), the first president of the National Research Council (1928–1935), and the first president of Carleton College (1942–1947), later known as Carleton University.^[3]

He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^[6]

Quotes:

The people demand that knowledge shall not be the concern of scholars alone. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal.^[7]

A University should be the most practical of all institutions. It should strive to find answers to the economic and social problems of common everyday people and then share its knowledge with them.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," Harry M Tory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
2. ↑ Henry Marshall Tory, University of Alberta.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wikipedia - Henry Marshall Tory
4. ↑ Anne Bailey on January 24, 2011. "Henry Marshall Tory: U of A's first president set his sights on uplifting the whole people". New Trails. University of Alberta
5. ↑ Great War personnel records, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B9741-S015
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126757652
7. ↑ Calgary Herald. "Alberta 150: The coal miner, the inventor and the suffragette". June 14, 2017.
8. ↑ Alumni and Donors. Department of Political Science. University of Alberta.