Ernest George Mardon
Ernest George Mardon (born 1928) is a retired English professor who worked at the University of Lethbridge.[1] He has several dozen books, mostly on the history of Alberta, Canada.[1]
Born in Houston, Texas in 1928 to Professor Austin Mardon and Marie Dickey, Dr. Ernest G. Mardon was educated at Gordonstone, Scotland, before attending Trinity College in Dublin. After that he was called up for military service in the Korean War as an officer with the Gordon Highlanders,[2] serving with that outfit in the Suez Canal Zone, Cyprus, Libya, from 1952 to 1954.[3] He was honorably discharged with the rank of lieutenant.[3] He moved to Canada in 1954 as Bureau Manager for United Press International. He taught high school in Morinville, AB, and then did Doctoral work in Medieval English at the University of Ottawa. Among the first Faculty of the University of Lethbridge, Dr. Mardon was also a visiting professor at several other Canadian universities.[2] He is also a scholar in the area of Anglo-Saxon studies. In 2006 he was nominated for full membership in the International Astronomical Union. He currently lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Mardon's children include the Antarctican Austin Mardon.[4]
Publications
- Visionaries of a New Political Era: The Men Who Paved the Way for the Alberta Act of 1905 (January 2010) ISBN 978-1897472118
References
- 1 2 "A Review of Community Names in Alberta". Canadian geographical journal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society). 88-89: 92. 1974.
- 1 2 Biographical note in "The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics," Golden Meteorite Press, Edmonton, Alberta, 2011
- 1 2 http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=275587&rt=1&bill=1
- ↑ Dr. Austin Mardon, 2002 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.