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Archibald McKellar MacMechan 1862-1933
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William Wilfred Campbell 1858-1918
There are two plaques at this location.
Both can be seen on this page.
Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted August, 2010
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Plaque Location
The Region of Waterloo
The City of Kitchener
On the back wall of the auditorium at Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate
and Vocational School, 787 King Street West near Green Street
Coordinates: N 43 27.349 W 80 30.530 |
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Plaque Text
Born in Berlin (Kitchener) and educated at Toronto and Johns Hopkins Universities, MacMechan served as professor of English at Dalhousie from 1889 until his death. Book critic for the Montreal Standard for twenty years, he himself, wrote several books about his adopted province and edited works by Tennyson, Carlyle and others. Elected to fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada in 1920, he was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1932. He died in Halifax.
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An Anglican clergyman who left the ministry in 1891 to work for most of the rest of his life as a civil servant in Ottawa, Campbell is known as a minor member of the "Sixties Group" which produced Canada's first noteworthy English verse. He was born in Kitchener, but the Bruce Peninsula where he spent his early days was the inspiration for his best poetry. As well, he wrote novels, histories, drama and travel books. His imperialism and his attempts to use Nature to reconcile Christian theology and Darwinism make him a significant reflection of Canadian Victorianism. He died in Ottawa.
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Posted July 8, 2012
There are 2 plaques at this location (Also William Wilfred Campbell). [Thanks. Both are now on this page.]
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