Edward Robert Adair
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Edward Robert Adair,
FRHistS
(April 26, 1888 – April 12, 1965) was a British and Canadian historian.
Life and career
Born in
First World War for medical reasons, he became a senior history master at Felsted School.[citation needed
]
He became a senior lecturer in 1919 at
University College, London, and went to McGill University in 1925 as associate professor, eventually becoming chairman of the History Department from 1942 to 1947. He retired from McGill University in 1954 and died in Austin, Texas a year later.[citation needed
]
A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he was President of the Canadian Historical Association for 1935–1936.[citation needed]