Charles Rupert Sanderson

Background

Sanderson, Charles Rupert was born on May 19, 1887 in Bury, England. Son of Charles and Ellen (Oates) Sanderson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University London, England., 1925. Master of Arts, University Toronto, Canada, 1940, Doctor of Laws, 1951.

Career

1 son, Captain Charles Graham Sanderson, R.C.A.M.C. (killed in action, France, August 14, 1944). Assistant librarian, John Rylands Library, Manchester, England, 1909-1914. Librarian, Gladstone Library, London, 1914-1929.

Lecturer U. London School of Librarianship, and summer schools at Brussels, Florence, Paris, Heidelberg, 1919-1929.

Lecturer, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, summer, 1927. William Warner Bishop lecturer, University of Michigan, 1942.

Deputy chief librarian, Public Libraries, Toronto, Ontario, 1929-1937, chief librarian, since 1937. Member Executive Board, American library association, 1942-1945.

Chairman Toronto civic historical committee.

Achievements

• Charles Rupert Sanderson has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with British Army, France and Africa, 1915-1919. Member (Ontario) Royal Commission on Education. Member American Library Association.

Mason, Rotarian (president Toronto 1938).

Connections

Married Ethel Marshall, May 2, 1915.

Father:

Charles Sanderson

Mother:

Ellen (Oates) Sanderson

Spouse:

Ethel Marshall