Archibald MacMechan
Canadian academic

Archibald MacMechan

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Canadian academic
Gender:
Male
Places:
Canada
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PhilologistWriter
Work field:
LiteratureSocial science
Birth:
21 June 1862
Death:
7 August 1933
Star sign:
Cancer
Education:
University of Toronto
Johns Hopkins University
Awards:
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
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Archibald MacMechan (1897)

Archibald McKellar MacMechan FRSC (June 21, 1862 – 7 August 1933) was a Canadian academic at Dalhousie University and writer. His works deal mainly with Nova Scotia and its history. The Halifax Disaster (Explosion) was an official history of the Halifax Explosion.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, he is credited with reviving Herman Melville's reputation in North America. He had written to Melville in 1889, right at the end of his life.

He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1932.

He was a long-term member of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.

Works

  • Concerning The Oldest English Literature, (1889)
  • The Relation Of Hans Sachs To The Decameron, (1889)
  • Vergil, (1897)
  • William Greenwood, (1914)
  • The Winning Of Popular Government, (1915)
  • Three Sea Songs: Nova Scotia Chapbook, (1919)
  • Old Province Tales..., (1924)
  • Head-Waters Of Canadian Literature, (1924)
  • There Go the Ships, (1928)
  • The Centenary Of Haliburton's 'Nova Scotia', (1930)
  • Red Snow On Grand Pré, (1934)
  • Late Harvest, (1934)
  • The Halifax Disaster (Explosion), (1978)

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