Augustus Bridle (4 March 1868 – 21 December 1952) was a Canadian journalist and author.

Biography

Bridle was born in the village of

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in southern

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. In 1878 he was part of the British home child program and was sent to Canada in 1878 by National Children's Home (now known as

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). After working on

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farms as a young boy, he went on to study at the

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, where he graduated with a gold medal in

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. He began his career in journalism with the ''

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'' while living at

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, Alberta from 1900 to 1901. He returned to Ontario in 1901, where he continued in newspaper work as a writer, first for the '' Stratford Herald'' and later for the ''Toronto News''. In 1908 he became the associate editor of the Canadian Courier, a national weekly magazine published in Toronto, continuing in this position until 1916 when he became editor. He later joined the staff of the

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in 1922, and served the newspaper for 30 years as music critic, book reviewer, and film and drama editor. In 1908, he became the founding member of

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, which was noted as being a meeting place for the members of the

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. Bridle was the author of several books, including ''A Backwoods Christmas'' (Toronto 1910), ''Sons of Canada'' (Toronto 1916), ''Masques of Ottawa'' (Toronto 1921), ''Hansen: A Novel of Canadianization'' (Toronto 1925), and ''The Story of the Club'' (Toronto 1945).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridle, Augustus 1868 births 1952 deaths British emigrants to Canada Canadian male journalists Canadian male novelists Canadian male non-fiction writers Journalists from Toronto Writers from Dorset People from Old Toronto Writers from Toronto