George Bryce (April 22, 1844 – August 5, 1931) was a Presbyterian minister and a prolific author, writing on many topics including history of the Red River Colony in what is now Manitoba, Canada.
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Bryce was born near Mount Pleasant, Canada West (now Ontario). He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1902 and served as the Royal Society's President in 1910.[1] He was founder of Manitoba College and was responsible for organizing the Manitoba Historical Society in 1875 and the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society in 1879.[2]
His younger brother,[3] Peter Bryce, was a public health official.
Works
edit- Manitoba: Infancy, Progress, and Present Condition, (1882)
- The Mound Builders: A Lost Race, (c1885)
- The Celt In The North-West, (1887)
- A Short History Of The Canadian People, (1887/1914)
- Holiday Rambles Between Winnipeg And Victoria, (1888)
- John Black, The Apostle Of The Red River, (1898)
- Sketch Of The Life And Discoveries Of Robert Campbell, (1898)
- The Remarkable History Of The Hudson's Bay Company, (1900)
- Mackenzie, Selkirk, Simpson, (1905)
- Everyman's Geology Of Western Canada, (1907)
- A Poet's Message, (c1909)
- The Romantic Settlement Of Lord Selkirk's Colonists:...Manitoba, (1909)
- The Scotsman In Canada, vol 2 , (1911)
- The Life Of Lord Selkirk, (1912)
Source: [4]
References
edit- ^ "Memorable Manitobans: George Bryce (1844-1931)". www.mhs.mb.ca. March 13, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ Benson, Eugene; Toye, William, eds. (1997). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (2 ed.). Toronto, Ontario: Oxford University Press. p. 536.
- ^ Bryce, Peter (1922). The story of a national crime. Ottawa: James Hope & Sons Limited. p. 15. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
External links
edit- Works by George Bryce at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by George Bryce at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Bryce at the Internet Archive
- Biography at the Manitoba Historical Society
- George Bryce, John Black, The Apostle of the Red River prairies Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine