Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies | |
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Davies in 1982 | |
| Born | 28 August 1913 Thamesville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 2 December 1995 (aged 82) Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Journalist, playwright, professor, critic, novelist |
| Alma mater | Queen's University (did not graduate) Balliol College, Oxford |
| Genre | Novels, plays, essays and reviews |
| Notable works | The Deptford Trilogy, The Cornish Trilogy, The Salterton Trilogy |
| Spouse | Brenda Ethel Davies (m. 1940, 1917–2013) |
| Children | 3 |
William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.