Bryce, Reverend George National Historic Person
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rev. George Bryce, 1912
(© Topley Studio Fonds / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-043061)
Address :
515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1947-05-21
Life Date:
1844 to 1931
Other Name(s):
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Bryce, Reverend George
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Historian and educator, founder of Manitoba College
Plaque(s)
Original Plaque: Outer wall, Theological buildings, University College Winnipeg, Manitoba
Historian and educator
Author of "The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company"
Founder of Manitoba College
Born at Mount Pleasant, Ont., 22nd April, 1844
Died in Ottawa, 5th August, 1931
Existing plaque: Balmoral Street and Portage Avenue, Manitoba
Born in Ontario, Bryce moved, in 1871, to Winnipeg where he had a distinguished career as clergyman, educator, and author. He founded Manitoba College and helped organize the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society. A prolific author of historical works on the West, he published in 1887 a widely-used history of Canada. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1901 and to its presidency in 1909. He also served as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (1902), and as a member of Royal Commissions on Technical Education and Conservation. He died in Ottawa.