Corry, J. A. (James Alexander), 1899-1985
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found: His The growth of government activities since confederation, 1939.
found: His My life & work, c1981:t.p. (J. A. Corry) p. 1 (b. 1899)
found: Wikipedia search, Oct. 30, 2006(James Alexander Corry CC (1899-December 26, 1985); Canadian academic and the thirteenth Principal of Queen's University from 1961 until 1968)
found: Queen's Encyclopedia, via WWW, March 24, 2020(Corry, James Alexander (1899-1985); James Alexander Corry was Queen's 13th Principal (1961-1968) and one of Canada's most distinguished professors of politics and law; born in Millbank, Ontario, he was educated at the University of Saskatchewan (LLB 1923) and Oxford University (BCL 1927), which he attended on a Rhodes Scholarship; Corry taught law at the University of Saskatchewan (1927-1936) and then came to Queen's to become the Hardy Professor of Political Science; James Corry wrote many influential books, among them Democratic Government and Politics; Corry was Vice-Principal from 1951 to 1961, during which time he played a leading role in the founding of Queen's Faculty of Law; he was selected Principal in 1961 and retired in 1968; he wrote and taught actively throughout his retirement, and was a visiting professor at several universities; from 1968-1970 he was a consultant to the Department of Justice, analysing proposed changes to Canada's Constitution; he died in Kingston)
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1983-01-20: new
2020-03-25: revised
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