ARTHUR S. MORTON was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Berlin. An ordained minister, he was pastor of various churches in New Brunswick; then became lecturer in Church History at the Presbyterian College, Halifax at Knox College, Toronto. He was professor of history and librarian at the University of Saskatchewan from 1914 to 1940. Following his retirement, he was Provincial Archivist until his death in 1945. He was the author of many books and articles, among them his monumental pioneer work A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71.