Education
Born in Stirling, Scotland, he was educated at the University of Glasgow.
Born in Stirling, Scotland, he was educated at the University of Glasgow.
In 1930, he was appointed professor of systematic theology and philosophy of religion at Pine Hill Divinity Hall (now part of the Atlantic School of Theology) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1937 to 1949, he was the second President of the University of Saskatchewan. During World World War II, he was general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1942 to 1943.
In 1949, he became Dean of the Faculty of Divinity and professor of the philosophy of religion at McGill University.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1942.