A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
of Committee of Memorial to Heroes of 1812-14 Association; Chairman of
the Soldiers’ Aid Commission and member of Council of Serbian Committee
for the County of Elgin and City of St. Thomas. Has held the following
offices besides those mentioned above: Member of Executive Committee of
the University of Toronto; President of The Children’s Aid Society of
the County of Elgin on its organization; President (1882) of the East
Elgin Reform Association; President (1883) of St. Andrew’s Society;
President (1905-8) of the Handel Society; President (1909-10) of the St.
Thomas Operatic Society; Chairman for many years of the Executive
Committee of Board of Management Alma College. He was one of the first
vice-presidents of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (general
organization) and first honorary president of the St. Thomas Liberal
Club. In 1886 he contested West Elgin at the Provincial general
elections, but was defeated by A. B. Ingram, by 43 votes. In 1888,
appointed by the government of Sir Oliver Mowat, Registrar of Elgin, and
in 1892, at the request of the County Council, Local Master of Titles
for the County of Elgin and the city of St. Thomas, on the introduction
of the Torrens System of land registration. In 1897 was elected
President of the Pioneer and Historical Association of the Province of
Ontario, founded by the late Rev. Dr. Henry Scadding, and at once
proceeded to organize it upon a wider basis of membership and with a
much wider scope, under the name of The Ontario Historical Society
(incorporated in 1899 by special Act of the Ontario Legislature). The
presidency of the new society was held by him until 1902, when he was
succeeded by the late C. C. James. Under the auspices of the Society was
held, in 1899, the great Historical Exhibition at Victoria College,
Toronto. In 1906 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He
was President of Section II (English Literature and History) in
1910-1911. In 1892 was member of Central Committee for the celebration
of the Centennial of Upper Canada. Dr. Coyne is a gentleman of
indefatigable energy, ripe scholarship, and possessed of a fine style
and his literary investigations have been of great public value.
Notwithstanding large professional duties, he has delivered many notable
addresses and is the author of several interesting publications, among
which may be mentioned, “The Southwold Earthwork and The Country of the
Neutrals” (1893); “The Country of the Neutrals from Champlain to Talbot”
(1895); “Presidential Addresses to The Ontario Historical Society”
(1898-1902); “First Steps in the Discovery and Exploration of Ontario”
(1899); “A Century of Achievement” (1899) reprinted with some changes
and additions in Methodist Magazine (1901); “Exploration of the Great
Lakes (1669-1670), by Dollier de Casson and de Bréhant de Galinée,
Galinée’s narrative and map with an English version, including all the
map legends” (1903); “Richard Maurice Bucke,” a sketch (1906); “The
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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