George F.G. Stanley

A graduate of the University of Alberta and Keble College, Oxford, GEORGE F.G. STANLEY (1907–2002) was dean of arts and head of the department of history at Royal Military College, Kingston. He lectured at Mount Allison University and the University of British Columbia and was for two years deputy director of the Historical Section, General Staff, in Ottawa. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Ontario Advisory Board on Historic and Archaeological Sites, his honours included the Royal Society’s Tyrrell Medal and the degrees of Hon. D. ÈS L. from Laval University and Hon. LITT. D. from Mount Allison. Among his numerous books are The Birth of Western Canada, Canada’s Soldiers, Louis Riel, and The Story of Canada’s Flag.