| Dr. Elizabeth Hillman Waterston |
Dr. Elizabeth Hillman Waterston is a world-renowned researcher of
Lucy Maud Montgomery. She has dedicated her career to studying
the life and works of the Island born author.
Born in Montreal in 1922, Elizabeth was educated at Bryn Mawr
College (MA) and the University of Toronto (BA and PhD). She
was a member of the Department of English at Sir George Williams
College (1945-58), the University of Western Ontario (1958-67), and
the University of Guelph (1967-87), where she was chair from
1974-77 and is now Professor Emeritus.
Lucy Maud Montgomery. She has dedicated her career to studying
the life and works of the Island born author.
Born in Montreal in 1922, Elizabeth was educated at Bryn Mawr
College (MA) and the University of Toronto (BA and PhD). She
was a member of the Department of English at Sir George Williams
College (1945-58), the University of Western Ontario (1958-67), and
the University of Guelph (1967-87), where she was chair from
1974-77 and is now Professor Emeritus.
Elizabeth was a founding member of the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English and of
the Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures, and was president of the Humanities Association
of Canada from 1977-79. She is co-founder and former editor (with Mary Rubio) of the Canadian
Children's Literature: A Journal of Criticism and Review.
Her many publications include: Pioneers in Agriculture: Massey, McIntosh, Saunders (1957),
Composition for Canadian Universities (1964), Survey: A Short History of Canadian Literature (1973),
Brush up on Your Basics (1978, 1981), Gilbert Parker and His Works (1989), The Travellers: Canada
to 1900 (1989), Children's Literature in Canada (1992), Kindling Spirit (1993), Rapt in Plaid:
Canadian Literature and Scottish Tradition (2001), Plaid Around the Mountain: A Novel (2001) and
her most recent release Magic Island, The Fictions of Lucy Maud Montgomery (2008).
She is editor of John Galt: Reappraisals (1985) and co-editor (with Douglas Hoffman) of On the Middle
Ground (1974), and co-author (with Carrie Macmillan and Lorraine McMullen) of Silenced Sextet: Six
19th Century Women Novelists (1993).
Elizabeth and fellow professor Mary Rubio have collaborated on writing and editing projects since 1975
at the University of Guelph. They are co-authors of Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, published in
1995 and co-editors of all five volumes of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Journals.
A frequent contributor to International Conferences of The L. M. Montgomery Institute,
Dr. Waterston (and co-editor Dr. Mary Rubio) were honoured last year with a Prince Edward Island
Museum and Heritage Foundation award.
the Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures, and was president of the Humanities Association
of Canada from 1977-79. She is co-founder and former editor (with Mary Rubio) of the Canadian
Children's Literature: A Journal of Criticism and Review.
Her many publications include: Pioneers in Agriculture: Massey, McIntosh, Saunders (1957),
Composition for Canadian Universities (1964), Survey: A Short History of Canadian Literature (1973),
Brush up on Your Basics (1978, 1981), Gilbert Parker and His Works (1989), The Travellers: Canada
to 1900 (1989), Children's Literature in Canada (1992), Kindling Spirit (1993), Rapt in Plaid:
Canadian Literature and Scottish Tradition (2001), Plaid Around the Mountain: A Novel (2001) and
her most recent release Magic Island, The Fictions of Lucy Maud Montgomery (2008).
She is editor of John Galt: Reappraisals (1985) and co-editor (with Douglas Hoffman) of On the Middle
Ground (1974), and co-author (with Carrie Macmillan and Lorraine McMullen) of Silenced Sextet: Six
19th Century Women Novelists (1993).
Elizabeth and fellow professor Mary Rubio have collaborated on writing and editing projects since 1975
at the University of Guelph. They are co-authors of Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, published in
1995 and co-editors of all five volumes of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Journals.
A frequent contributor to International Conferences of The L. M. Montgomery Institute,
Dr. Waterston (and co-editor Dr. Mary Rubio) were honoured last year with a Prince Edward Island
Museum and Heritage Foundation award.
| Elizabeth Waterston on assembling Lucy Maud Montgomery's journals, "We were so thrilled to read what she thought and what she did. She had this lovely, beautiful openness about her." |
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