Joseph Schull, OC (6 February 1906 – 19 May 1980) was a

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playwright and historian who wrote more than two dozen books and 200 plays for radio and television. Born in

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, he moved to

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in 1913. He studied at the

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and Queen's University. In the 1930s, he worked in advertising. During World War II, he was an Intelligence and Information Officer with the

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. After the war, he focused on his writing.

Selected bibliography

* ''Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in World War II'' (1950) * ''100 years of banking in Canada : a history of the Toronto-Dominion Bank'' (1958) * ''Battle for the rock : the story of Wolfe and Montcalm'' (1960) * ''Laurier'' (1965) * ''Rebellion: The Rising of French Canada 1837'' (1971) * ''Edward Blake: The Man of the Other Way'' (1975) * ''Edward Blake : leader and exile, 1881–1912'' (1976) * ''Ontario Since 1867'' (1978) * ''The great Scot : a biography of Donald Gordon'' (1979)

References

External links

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Joseph Schull fonds (R3020)
at Library and Archives Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Schull, Joseph 1906 births 1980 deaths American emigrants to Canada Canadian male non-fiction writers University of Saskatchewan alumni 20th-century Canadian historians Officers of the Order of Canada