Biografie
He grew up in New Westminster BC.
He earned a PhD at the London School of Economics.
He served as the Provincial Archivist and Librarian in 1934-40.
He was the Librarian of the University of British Columbia in 1940-48.
He was the Dominion Archivist in 1948 and also became the Dominion Librarian in 1953.
In 1969 he retired back to the west coast settling in Vancouver BC.
In 1935 he promoted a reorganization of the Britsih Columbia Historical Associaion de-centralizing it into regional organizations that promoted an interest in British Columbia studies.
In 1936 he founded the British Columbia Historical Quarterly and was its editor to 1946.
He edited Captain Vancouver's Journals for the Hakluyt Society.
In 1936-37 he was the President of the British Columbia Historical Asociation and was the Honorary President of the British Columbia Historical Federation 1986-1989.
Referenzen
The Canadian Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) Volume III Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers
