Chester Bailey Martin, FRSC (1882 – 2 April 1958) was a Canadian historian.His name is given as Chester Baily Martin in some sources. Martin was educated at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Ameri ...

, before becoming one of the first Canadian Rhodes Scholars in 1904. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he won the Gladstone Memorial Prize, the Brassey Studentship, and the Beit Scholarship. He became Professor of History at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

in 1929, where he succeeded

George MacKinnon Wrong George MacKinnon Wrong (June 25, 1860 – June 29, 1948) was a Canadian clergyman and historian. Life and career Born at Grovesend in Elgin County, Canada West (now Ontario), he was ordained in the Anglican priesthood in 1883 after attendin ...

. Elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1920, Martin was President of the

Canadian Historical Association The Canadian Historical Association (CHA; French ''Société historique du Canada'', SHC) is a Canadian organization founded in 1922 for the purposes of promoting historical research and scholarship. It is a bilingual, not-for-profit, charitable o ...

(of which he was a founding member) from 1928 to 1929. He received the J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1940.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Chester Bailey 1882 births 1958 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Historians of Canada Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association University of New Brunswick alumni Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Canadian Rhodes Scholars Academic staff of the University of Manitoba Academic staff of the University of Toronto