Gordon, Robert Kay
English scholar, Administrator
1887-1973

R. K. Gordon joined the University staff in 1913, having graduated 
from Toronto and Oxford Universities.  In 1936 he was appointed 
head of the Department of English and from 1943-1945 he acted as 
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science.  The Royal Society of 
Canada elected him a fellow in 1936.  Dr. Gordon published widely 
in his field of English literature, his great love being Chaucer.  
He retired from the University in 1950.

Multiple media, 1909-1968, 0.37 m    

Certificates, 1909-1958
Degrees and honours awarded to Dr. Gordon.

Correspondence, 1921-1958
Includes colleagues F.M. Salter, E. Sonet and D.E. Cameron.

Lecture notes, [1910-1911]
Many undated.

Memoirs, 1968

Photographs, 1916-[193-?]
Family, colleagues, personal interests (12 images).

Publications, 1917-1964

Thesis, 1911

Unpublished articles, 1951

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