Alfred Bailey

Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, OC , Ph.D , FRSC (March 18, 1905 – April 21, 1997) was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Professor Loring Woart Bailey and Ernestine Valiant (Gale) Bailey, he received his BA degree in 1927 from the University of New Brunswick and his MA in 1929 and Ph.D in 1934 from the University of Toronto.

From 1935 to 1938, he worked as assistant director and associate curator at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick. From 1938 to 1969, he was head of the University of New Brunswick history department. From 1946 to 1964, he was the first Dean of Arts at University of New Brunswick and from 1965 to 1969, he was Vice President (Academic). He retired in 1970.

In 1951, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Publications include

Poetry

* "Songs of the Saguenay and other poems" (1927)
* "Tao: A Ryerson Poetry Chap Book" (1930)
* "Border River" (1952)
* "Thanks for a Drowned Island" (poems, 1973)
* "Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems" (1981), nominated for a 1981 Governor General's Awards

Other writings

* "The Conflict of European and Eastern Algonkian Culture 1504-1700: A Study in Canadian Civilization" (1937; 1969)
* "Culture and Nationality: Essays" (1972)
* "The Letters of James and Ellen Robb: Portrait of a Fredericton Family in Early Victorian Times" (1983)

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