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Sir Arthur G. (Arthur George) Doughty
1860–1936
A British-born Canadian archivist and historian, he helped turn the Public Archives of Canada into a major national institution and worked to make the country’s records part of its public memory. His career joined careful scholarship with a strong belief that archives should serve both historians and ordinary readers.
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The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
by Sir Arthur G. (Arthur George) Doughty
About the author
Born in Maidenhead, England, on March 22, 1860, Arthur George Doughty moved to Canada in 1886. After early work in Montreal and service in Quebec’s public administration, he became closely involved with libraries, records, and Canadian history.
Doughty is best known for his work as Dominion Archivist, a role in which he greatly expanded the scope and importance of the Public Archives of Canada. He believed archives should collect many kinds of documents and should be useful not only to government and scholars, but also to the wider public.
He also wrote and edited historical works, helping shape how Canada’s past was preserved and presented in the early 20th century. Knighted for his public service, he remained an important figure in Canadian archival and historical life until his death in Ottawa on December 1, 1936.