Background
MACMECHAN, Archibald M'Kellar was born on June 21, 1862. Son of Reverend John MacMechan and Mary Jean, daughter of Honourable Archibald M‘Kellar.
MACMECHAN, Archibald M'Kellar was born on June 21, 1862. Son of Reverend John MacMechan and Mary Jean, daughter of Honourable Archibald M‘Kellar.
Studied at Picton Union School. Hamilton Collegiate Institute. University of Toronto.
Graduated with Honours in Modern Languages, 1884. Modem Languages Master Galt. College Institute 1885-1886.
Scholar in German at the Johns Hopkins University, 1886.
The Halifax Disaster (Explosion) was an official history of the Halifax Explosion. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, he is credited with reviving Herman Melville's reputation in North America. He had written to Melville in 1889, right at the end of his life.
He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1932.
(Excerpt from Nova Scotia Archives, II: A Calendar of Two ...)
He was a long-term member of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.