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John Boyd

1864–1933

A Canadian historian and poet remembered for writing about major figures and moments in Canada's past. His work on Sir George-Étienne Cartier and other historical subjects helped preserve stories that mattered to early 20th-century readers.

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Sir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal

Sir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal

by John Boyd

About the author

Born in 1864 and active in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, John Boyd wrote history, public addresses, and poetry. Surviving records from his books and public talks show a writer deeply interested in Canadian public life and the people who shaped it.

He is especially associated with work on Sir George-Étienne Cartier. In 1913, Boyd delivered an address before the Canadian Club of Montreal on Cartier's work for Canada, and that talk was published as Sir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal. Contemporary editions also identify him as the author of a larger memorial history of Cartier.

Catalog records also connect Boyd with poetry, including The Death of Dollard, and Other Poems, suggesting that his writing ranged beyond history into literary work. He died in 1933.