Daniel Cobb Harvey (January 10, 1886-August 7, 1966), FRSC was a Canadian historian and archivist.

Biography

Harvey was born in

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. He attended Prince of Wales College and then

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

where he graduated in 1910. He achieved a Rhodes scholar upon graduation and then attended

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where he obtained a B.A. and an M.A. From 1915 to 1931 he taught at Wesley College and then 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.Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, a newly created position and stayed in the capacity until his retirement in 1956. He was President of the

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from 1937 to 1938. He was elected a fellow of the

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in 1928 and he received its

J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal The J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada "for outstanding work in the history of Canada." It was established in 1927, endowed by the Canadian geologist and amateur historian Joseph Burr Tyrrell. The medal is ...

in 1942.

Works

* ''Thomas Darcy McGee: The Prophet Of Canadian Nationality'', (1923) * ''The French Régime in Prince Edward Island'', (1926) * ''Joseph Howe And Local Patriotism'', (1927) * ''The Centenary Of Edward Whelan'', (1926) * ''The Colonization Of Canada'', (1936) * ''The Heart of Howe'', (1939) Source:

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* 1886 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Canadian archivists Canadian Rhodes Scholars Dalhousie University alumni Dalhousie University faculty Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Historians of Canada McGill University faculty People from Nova Scotia Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association University of British Columbia faculty University of Manitoba faculty {{Canada-historian-stub