A.B. McKillop (born 1946) is currently Chancellor's Professor and former Chair of the history department (2005–2009) of Carleton University

Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Canada

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.

McKillop was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and educated at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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 (BA 1968, MA 1970) and Queen's University

Queen's University

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 in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

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 (PhD 1977). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

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 in 2001.

A specialist in intellectual and cultural history, his books include:

• A Disciplined Intelligence: Critical Inquiry and Canadian Thought in the Victorian Era (1979)
• Contours of Canadian Thought (1987)
• Matters of Mind: The University in Ontario, 1791-1951
• The Spinster and the Prophet; Florence Deeks, H.G. Wells, and the Mystery of the Purloined Past (2000).

The Spinster and the Prophet won the Toronto Book Awards, the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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's President's Medal for Biography, and the Crime Writers of Canada

Crime Writers of Canada

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 Arthur Ellis Award for "Best True Crime".

In the fall of 2008 McKillop released Pierre Berton: A Biography, a comprehensive examination of the life of the late historian and media celebrity, Pierre Berton. The book won the Donald Grant Creighton of the Ontario Historical Society for best biography or memoir. It will appear as a trade paperback in September 2010.

External links

• Carleton University - McKillop's homepage