Martin, Chester
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History
First Rhodes Scholar in North America (1904) (University of New Brunswick)
MA Oxford (Balliol College)
First History Professor at University of Manitoba (1909); established Department of History; subsequently Dean of Arts
1929: appointed Head of Department of History at UofT; retired (Emeritus Professor) 1953
FRSC
J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal, Royal Society of Canada (1940)
http://www.rsc.ca/awards_JB_Tyrrell_Historical_Medal_winner.php
http://new-brunswick.net/Saint_John/stories/rhodesscolar.html
