Hilda Neatby

Professor HILDA NEATBY (1904–1975), who became a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1967, was professor of history at Queen’s University and professor emeritus of the University of Saskatchewan. She was the author of several historical works and was also well known for So Little for the Mind, which set forth her incisive criticism of contemporary trends in education and aroused widespread controversy. She was born in Surrey, England, and was educated at the universities of Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and the Sorbonne.