Norman Ward | |
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Born | May 10, 1918 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Died | February 6, 1990 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Occupation | Humorist, academic |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1930s-1980s |
Notable works | Mice in the Beer, The Government of Canada |
Norman McQueen Ward OC FRSC (May 19, 1918 – February 6, 1990) was Canadian writer and academic. [1] A longtime professor of political science at the University of Saskatchewan, his writings spanned a wide variety of genres from politics to biography to humor. [1]
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, [2] he was educated at McMaster University and the University of Toronto. [2] He joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1944, [3] staying with the institution until his retirement in 1985. [2]
The writer and editor of several important political science texts on politics in Canada and Saskatchewan, [1] he also published three books of humor. [1] He won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1961 for Mice in the Beer, his first collection of humorous essays. [2] His later humor works were The Fully-Processed Cheese (1964) and Her Majesty's Mice (1977). [2]
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1962, and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976. [3]
He also served on the advisory board for the first edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia in 1985. [4]
He died in 1990 in Saskatoon. [2] Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal, his biography of former Saskatchewan Premier James Garfield Gardiner, was published posthumously later that year. [5]
Norman Ward | |
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Born | May 10, 1918 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Died | February 6, 1990 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Occupation | Humorist, academic |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1930s-1980s |
Notable works | Mice in the Beer, The Government of Canada |
Norman McQueen Ward OC FRSC (May 19, 1918 – February 6, 1990) was Canadian writer and academic. [1] A longtime professor of political science at the University of Saskatchewan, his writings spanned a wide variety of genres from politics to biography to humor. [1]
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, [2] he was educated at McMaster University and the University of Toronto. [2] He joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1944, [3] staying with the institution until his retirement in 1985. [2]
The writer and editor of several important political science texts on politics in Canada and Saskatchewan, [1] he also published three books of humor. [1] He won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1961 for Mice in the Beer, his first collection of humorous essays. [2] His later humor works were The Fully-Processed Cheese (1964) and Her Majesty's Mice (1977). [2]
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1962, and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976. [3]
He also served on the advisory board for the first edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia in 1985. [4]
He died in 1990 in Saskatoon. [2] Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal, his biography of former Saskatchewan Premier James Garfield Gardiner, was published posthumously later that year. [5]