Background
LAVELL, Cecil Fairfield was born on November 28, 1872 in Kingston, Canada. 7th son of Michael Lavell, Doctor of Medicine, and Betsy Reeve Lavell.
LAVELL, Cecil Fairfield was born on November 28, 1872 in Kingston, Canada. 7th son of Michael Lavell, Doctor of Medicine, and Betsy Reeve Lavell.
Studied at Kingston Collegiate Institute and Queen’s University. Master of Arts, 1894.
Fellow in History, Queen’s, 1895-1896. Studied further at Cornell and Columbia Universities and in Italy. Staff Lecturer in History, University Extension Society, Philadelphia, Virginia (United States), 1899-1905.
Professor of History, Bates College, Maine, 1905-1900. Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (United States), 1906-1907. Charter Member Ontario Historical Society. Professor of the History of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, since 1907.