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Person
Authorized form of name
Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart), 1861-1936
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Description area
Dates of existence
1861-1936
History
Arthur Hugh Urquhart Colquhoun was born on December 2, 1861, in Montreal, Quebec.
In 1906, he became Deputy Minister of Education for Ontario and served in this capacity with five ministers of education till 1934. He was also a journalist and author. He contributed to several magazines and served on the staff of the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal La Presse, Ottawa Journal, and Toronto Mail and Empire. He published the books "Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion” (1916) and "Press, Politics and People: The Life and Letters of Sir John Willison, Journalist and Correspondent of the Times" (1935). He also served as secretary of the Canadian Press Association.
In 1890, he married Mary Robina Colquhoun (1863–1894). He died on February 9, 1936, in Toronto, Ontario.