Memorable Manitobans: Gilbert B. Wilson (1867-1962)

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Born at Newton Robinson, Ontario in 1867, son of James Wilson JP, and Agnes Robinson, he was educated at Bradford High School, the University of Toronto, Knox College (Toronto) and Halle and Berlin, Germany. He came to Winnipeg in 1900, where he was Pastor of Augustine Presbyterian Church. He served as a member of the Manitoba College Senate and Board, the University of Manitoba Council, and the University of Manitoba Royal Commission (1908-1910). Publications: “Thesis: The Pre-Exilic Psalter”; “The Dissolution of the Monasteries.” In 1903, he married Harriet Hill Smirle MA of Ottawa. They had one son and three daughters. He was a member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg and the Alpine Club of Canada. His recreations included riding, bowling, curling, yachting, and tennis. Presbyterian. Address: 111 Royal Street, Winnipeg. In 1914, he was given an honorary degree by the college predecessor of the University of Winnipeg.

He died at Vancouver, BC on 2 June 1962 and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1962.

Profile revised: 14 July 2009

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