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Allison, William Talbot
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Dates of existence
1874-1941
History
William Allison was born in Unionville, Ontario, 1874. He attended the University of Toronto (Harbord Collegiate) and Yale University. He served as the editor “The Harbord Review,” while at school. He became a reporter on Toronto News and The Star. Author of “The Amber Army,” a volume of poetry. He served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Stayner, Ontario, until his appointment to Wesley College in 1910.
In 1920, he became Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. Allison was active in journalism, syndicating a weekly book review feature in leading Canadian newspapers. He was Literary Columnist of the Winnipeg Telegram and Montreal Daily Star, and Literary Editor of the Winnipeg Tribune. He was a founder of the Canadian Authors’ Association and one of the first educators to take advantage of the medium of radio, lecturing over CKY as early as 1924. He was the author of Bolshevism in English Literature (1921).
He died at his Winnipeg residence on 4 February 1941.