Background
BRYCE, George was born on April 22, 1844 in Mount Pleasant, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Bryce, Justice of the Peace, and Katherine Henderson, natives of Perthshire, Scotland, and early settlers in Brant County, Ontario.
BRYCE, George was born on April 22, 1844 in Mount Pleasant, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Bryce, Justice of the Peace, and Katherine Henderson, natives of Perthshire, Scotland, and early settlers in Brant County, Ontario.
Studied at Brantford High School. University and Knox College, Toronto. Examiner in Natural History in Toronto University, 1870 - 72.
Master of Arts.
Doctor of Divinity. Doctor of Laws.
Founder of Manitoba College, 1871. Organised Knox Church, Winnipeg, 1872. First Moderator of Synod of Manitoba, 1885.
Moderator General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1902-1903.
Chairman of Winnipeg Public Library, 1893-1903. Life Member and Member of General Committee of British Association.
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. President of Manitoba Historical Society.
President Royal Society of Canada, 1909.
Member of Commission on Conservation of Canadian Resources. Member of Royal Commission on Technical Education. Professor of English Literaature, 1871 - 1909.
Manitoba; a Founder, Councillor, and Examiner of University of Manitoba, 1877-1909. Head of Faculty of Science and Lecturer in Biology and Geology in Manitoba University, 1891- 1904. Honourable Senior Professor of Manitoba College, Winnipeg.
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Spouse 1872, Marion Samuel of Broom House, Kirkliston, North.B.