Robertson Davies AKA William Robertson Davies Born: 28-Aug-1913 Birthplace: Thamesville, Ontario, Canada Died: 3-Dec-1995 Location of death: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: Canada Executive summary: Fifth Business Father: William Rupert Davies (newspaper owner and editor) Wife: Brenda Newbold (theatre stage manager, m. Feb-1940)
High School: Upper Canada College (1928-31) University: Queen's University Kingston (studied 1932-35) University: B Lit, Balliol College, Oxford University (started 1931) Professor: Trinity College, University of Toronto (1960-81)
Lorne Pierce Medal 1961 Welsh Ancestry
Author of books:
The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947, essays) The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949, essays) Tempest-Tost (1951, novel) Leaven of Malice (1954, novel) A Mixture of Frailties (1958, novel) A Voice From the Attic (1961, essays) Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967, essays) Fifth Business (1970, novel) The Manticore (1972, novel) World of Wonders (1975, novel) The Rebel Angels (1981, novel) High Spirits (1982, short stories) What's Bred in the Bone (1985, novel) The Lyre of Orpheus (1988, novel) Murther and Walking Spirits (1991, novel) The Cunning Man (1994, novel)
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