Herbert Blair Neatby (1924–2018) was a Canadian historian. Born on 11 December 1924 in Renown, Saskatchewan, he graduated from the
University of Saskatchewan
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in 1950 and pursued graduate study at the
University of Oxford
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and the
University of Toronto
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. Neatby began teaching at
Carleton University
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in 1964, received a
Guggenheim fellowship
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in 1967 and was named a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
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in 1977. He died on 11 March 2018 at the
Ottawa Civic Hospital.
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1924 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Canadian historians
Alumni of the University of Oxford
University of Toronto alumni
Carleton University faculty
University of Saskatchewan alumni
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
People from Saskatchewan
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association
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