McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Grier, G. W. (George Wardrope), 1879-1967
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Description area
Dates of existence
1879-1967
History
George Wardrope Grier was born in June 1879, in Montreal, Quebec.
He served for more than fifty years as president of G. A. Grier and Sons Ltd., lumber and forest industry company. He also had been president of Penman's Ltd. and of St. Lawrence Flour Mills Co. Ltd. Active in sports, he was a founding member of the Montreal Indoor Tennis Club and a life member of the Royal Montreal Golf Club. He took an interest in Christian and charitable organizations, particularly in the Canadian Bible Society and the Overseas Missionary Fellowship.
In 1903, he married Winifred Savage. He died on March 17, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec.