author
Thomas Guthrie Marquis
1864–1936
A Canadian historian and writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, remembered for making the country's past vivid and accessible for general readers. His books often focused on major figures and turning points in Canadian history.
3 Audiobooks
Marguerite De Roberval: A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier
by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
The Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war
by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
About the author
Born on July 7, 1864, Thomas Guthrie Marquis was a Canadian historian, editor, and author. He is best known for writing historical works that helped bring Canadian stories to a wider audience at a time when national history was becoming a subject of strong public interest.
Marquis wrote and edited books on notable people and events in Canada's past, including volumes in the Chronicles of Canada series and the multi-volume Builders of Canada from Cartier to Laurier. His work centered on biography and narrative history, with an emphasis on political leaders, explorers, and conflicts that shaped the country.
He died on April 1, 1936, in Toronto. Although he is not as widely read today as some later historians, his books remain part of the early effort to tell Canadian history in a readable, popular form.