George Mackinnon Wrong 1860-1948
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Born in Gravesend, Upper Canada, Wrong graduated from Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto where, in 1895, he became the first Professor of Modern History. A believer in the historian's moral duty to interpret the past for society's present needs, he viewed Canadian history in terms of the country's British and French origins, and the American presence. As a teacher, administrator, writer and a moving force in the early days of the Canadian Historical Association, he helped to provide an intellectual base for a developing Canadian nationality. He died in Toronto.
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The County of Elgin
The City of St. Thomas
Inside the Elgin County Court House
on the wall of the main corridor
on Wellington Street across from Queen Street
N 42 46.503 W 81 12.095
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