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Adam Shortt, economist and historian

Adam Shortt, about 1920. Adam Shortt LCCN2014714764 (cropped) · Bain News Service, publisher · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Adam Shortt, born near London, Ontario, founded the department of political economy at Queen’s University and advised governments. In 1908 he joined the first Canadian Civil Service Commission. In Ottawa he worked with Dominion Archivist Arthur Doughty to build the national archives’ collections, and from 1913 to 1917 the two co-edited the historical series Canada and Its Provinces.

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Adam Shortt National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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