Robie Lewis Reid

Robie Lewis Reid

Robie Lewis Reid (1866-1945), often referred to as Robie Reid, was a noted historian and jurist in British Columbia, Canada. Reid wrote many books and essays on the history of British Columbia, but his special interest was the study of the works of Rudyard Kipling Another special field of interest was thet coins of early British Columbia, concerning which he remains one of the main authorities.

Biography

Reid was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia on November 3, 1866 but ventured to British Columbia in 1885 to Victoria, British Columbia in 1885 to write the provincial teacher's examination. During this experience he met Frederic W. Howay, with whom he established a personal and professional relationship that lasted sixty years. Reid persuaded Howay to return to Nova Scotia with him to register for Law at Dalhousie University, from which they graduated together in 1890 and in 1893 formed the lawfirm Howay & Reid. Reid was appointed debenture commissioner for New Westminster after that city's Great Fire in 1898.

In 1907 Reid joined William J. Bowser, then Attorney-General of British Columbia and later Premier, and D.S. Wallbridge to form Bowser, Reid & Wallbridge. From 1927 to 1943 Reid was a Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. Reid was also a member of the UBC board of governors from 1913 to 1935, and President of the British Columbia Historical Association in 1937, and is credited with the founding of the "British Columbia Historical Quarterly". He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1936, and was also a Member of the American Historical Society, Washington.

Dr. Reid's interests in literature and the arts are also well documented. He was the first President of the Vancouver Little Theatre Association, and a member and chairman of the Board of the Vancouver Public Library.

He died on February 6, 1945 of failing health.

Legacy

*Mount Robie Reid to the north of the Maple Ridge and Mission, British Columbia, near the Golden Ears, was named in commemoration of Reid, Mount Judge Howay just to the northeast was named for his colleague F.W. Howay.
*The Howay-Reid Collection at the University of British Columbia was founded by Reid's donation of his personal book collection of 9,000 books, over 4,000 pamphlets, and a collection of assorted other media, including maps, photographs, correspondences, plus 50,000 file cards naming books he had been searching for. At the time of its creation this was the largest collection of Canadiana anywhere in the country.

References

* [http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/how_reid/reid.html bio page, University of BC Special Collections]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mount Robie Reid — from Langley Elevation 2,095 m (6,873 ft)  …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Judge Howay — Elevation 2,262 m (7,421 ft) Prominence 1,632 m (5,354 ft) …   Wikipedia

  • List of Canadian historians — This is a list of Canadian historians.A G*Irving Abella *G.P.V. Akrigg *Helen Akrigg *Bill Barlee *Jean Barman *Garnet Basque *Carl Benn *David Bercuson *Carl Berger *Pierre Berton *Michael Bliss *Robert Bothwell *Gerard Bouchard *Mark Bourrie… …   Wikipedia

  • New Westminster City — was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster (electoral districts). Contents 1 Demographics 2 Political geography… …   Wikipedia

  • 2000 New Year Honours — The insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George: Andrew Wood was awarded the Grand Cross in this Honours list. The New Year Honours 2000 for the United Kingdom were announced on 31 December 1999, to celebrate the year… …   Wikipedia

  • Trent Lott — United States Senator from Mississippi In office January 3, 1989 – December 18, 2007 Preceded by …   Wikipedia

  • United States congressional delegations from New York — These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Over the years, New York has demographically changed so that it is hard to consider each district to be a… …   Wikipedia

  • Davis Lake Provincial Park — is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of the southern end of Stave Lake,[1][2] northeast of Mission, British Columbia. The park s area is c. 185 acres (0.75 km2). There are campgrounds and beaches at the south… …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Crickmer — Mount Crickmer …   Wikipedia

  • Amerikanische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur — Amerikanische Schulkinder wählen in der kleinen Bibliothek ihrer Grundschule Bücher aus (1938)[1] Die amerikanische Kinder und Jugendliteratur umfasst alle literarischen Arbeiten, die für ein Publikum von Kindern und Jugendlichen geschaffen,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”