Canadian Necrology

Tory, Dr. Henry Marshall

  • FirstName:
    Henry
    MiddleName:
    Marshall
    Surname:
    Tory
    Title:
    Dr.
    Year of Death:
    1947
    Sex:
    Male
    Age at Death:
    83
    CanObit:
    Canadian Obituaries
    CanObitPage1:
    238
    CanObitPage2:
    0
    CanObitVolume:
    3
    Occupation:
    Record Group:
    Canadian Obituaries. With Source.
    Remarks:
    Dr. Henry M. Tory was one of Canada's leading scientists. He opened the University of Alberta in 1908 and was its president for the following 20 years. He also played a part in the founding of the University of British Columbia in 1905. During the First World War, he set up Canada's first Khaki College in the United Kingdom. In 1942, he came out of retirement to act as first president of Carleton College.
    Source 1:
    Globe and Mail (?), February 7, 1947.
    Widowed:
    No