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Burt, Alfred Leroy

1888-1971

A.L. Burt was born in Listowel, Ontario on November 28, 1888 and graduated from
the University of Toronto. He studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1930, after some years
as Head of the Department of history at the University of Alberta, he became professor of
History at the University of Minnesota. He retired in 1957 as an emeritus and served as a
visiting professor at Carleton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of
Manitoba. He was president of the Canadian Historical Association and has published many
books. He passed away in 1971.