Background
Meek, Theophile James was born on November 17, 1881 in Portuguese Stanley, Ontario, Canada. Son of James and Sarah (Freele) Meek.
Meek, Theophile James was born on November 17, 1881 in Portuguese Stanley, Ontario, Canada. Son of James and Sarah (Freele) Meek.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1903. Student of University Marburg, 1906. U. Berlin, 1906-1908, American School Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1908.
Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary (Nettie F. McCormick traveling fellow, 1906-1908), 1909.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago (fellow in Semitics, 1914), 1915. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Queen's University, 1947.
Matthew Robb professor Biblical history, literature James Millikin University, 1909-1918. Professor Old Testament, history religions Meadville (Pennsylvania) Theological School, 1918-1922. Professor Semitic languages, history religions Bryn Mawr College, 1922-1923.
Professor Oriental languages
U. Toronto, from 1923. Visiting professor University of Chicago, summers 1921, 22, 24, 26, spring 1942.
Annual professor American School Orinetal Research in Baghdad, 1930-1931, 39-40. Haskell lecturer Oberlin College, 1934, 50.
Member managing committee American Schools Oriental Research, 1918-1933, Canada, Executive Committee, 1933-1935, associate trustee, 1935-1946. Member Humanities Research Council of Canada, Executive Committee, 1943-1950, chairman publications committee, 1948-1951. Member committee Near Eastern studies American Council Learned Societies, 1935-1947.
Fellow Royal Society Arts, Royal Society Canada.
Member American Oriental Society (president Middle West branch 1933-1934. Club: Oriental (president 1952-1953).
Married Susan Dorothea Carrier, December 17, 1909. Children: Anne Dorothea (Mistress John L. Pocock), Theophile James.