Margaret Ormsby

Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby, OBC (1909–1996) was a noted Canadian historian, particularly concerning the History of British Columbia. Born in Quesnel, British Columbia, she was raised in the Okanagan Valley. She enrolled at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1925, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1929, and a Master of Arts in 1931, both in History. While pursuing her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania she interrupted those studies to work as a teaching assistant in history at UBC, then graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1936. She taught in the United States for the next three years, then became a lecturer at McMaster University in 1940, returning to teach at UBC in 1943. In 1955 she was appointed Professor and in 1965 became head of the university's Department of History, a position she held until her retirement in 1974.

Ormsby was chair of the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada from 1960 to 1967. She received honourary doctorates from the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University as well as UBC, and holds the Insignia of the Order of British Columbia.

Bibliography

Her works include:

• British Columbia: A History (1958) commemorating the centennial of the designation of B.C. as a crown colony.
• A Pioneer Gentle Woman in British Columbia: the Recollections of Susan Allison (1976) (see John Fall Allison)
• Coldstream - Nulli Secundus (1990) as well as numerous entries to journals and encyclopedias.

See also

• List of Canadian historians

References

• UBC Archives, Fonds Description

Further reading

• In Memoriam, article in UBC Reports November 14, 1996 by Jean Barman
• Order of British Columbia biography
• Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby, Canadian Encyclopedia article by Margaret E. Prang

External links

• by Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby at GoogleBooks.

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Date of death	1996
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