Dr. Lorne Pierce 1890-1961

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 27, 2006

Plaque Location

The County of Leeds and Grenville
The Township of Rideau Lakes
In Delta, on the grounds of a church on the west side at the north end of town on County Road 42

Plaque Text

Editor of the Ryerson Press 1920 - 1960, Pierce was born at Delta and devoted his life to the promotion of Canadian literature. He established scholarships at several Canadian universities and in 1926 presented the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal for distinguished authorship by a Canadian. He edited the "Makers of Canadian Literature" and the "Ryerson Poetry Chap-books". His writings include: "An Outline of Canadian Literature" (1927); "A Canadian People" (1945); "A Canadian Nation" (1960); and studies of Albert Durrant Watson (1942), Marjorie Pickthall (1925), and William Kirby (1929). In 1924 he established at Queen's University the Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadian Literature one of the best of its kind in Canada.