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Massey, [Charles] Vincent

Born: 1887 AD
Died: 1967 AD, at 80 years of age.

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Canadian administrator, diplomat, educator, and politician

 

1st Canadian ambassador to US 1926-1930

 

president of National Liberal Federation 1932-1935

 

British high commissioner for Canada 1935-1946

 

chancellor of University of Toronto 1947-1949

 

chairman of Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences 1949-1951 (Massey Commission)

 

governor-general of Canada 1952-1959 (1st Canadian-born governor-general)

 

wrote memoir "What's Past is Prologue" 1963

 

brother of Raymond Massey


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