Newton McFaul MacTavish (February 19, 1875August 17, 1941) was a Canadian journalist and art critic.
Early life and education
Newton McFaul MacTavish was born on February 19, 1875, in Staffa, Ontario,
[ ] a community in
West Perth, Ontario
West Perth is a municipality in Ontario, Canada, situated in Western Perth County, just west of the city of Stratford. In 2016, its population was 8,865 in a land area of 579.36 square kilometers. The former town of Mitchell and townships of Lo ...
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He was educated by private tutors and at
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...
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Career
MacTavish joined the staff of '' The Globe'' in 1899 and became its Montreal correspondent in 1903.[
Beginning in 1906, he was the editor of the '']Canadian Magazine The ''Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature'' was the premiere monthly literary journal of Anglophone Canada for three decades.
History and profile
Edited first by James Gordon Mowat then by John Alexander Cooper, the first is ...
''.[
On June 27, 1926, MacTavish was named a member of Canada's federal civil service commission, now the Public Service Commission of Canada.]National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...
and Acadia University
Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...
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MacTavish died on August 17, 1941, in ]Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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Publications
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References
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1875 births
1941 deaths
19th-century Canadian journalists
20th-century Canadian journalists
Canadian art critics
The Globe and Mail columnists
McGill University alumni
Writers from Ontario