Philip Child

Philip Albert Child
Born	(1898-01-19)January 19, 1898 Hamilton,Ontario
Died	February 6, 1978(1978-02-06)(aged 80) Toronto,Ontario
Known for	Novelist, poet, and academic

Philip Albert Child(January 19, 1898 – February 6, 1978) was a Canadian novelist, poet, and academic.

Born inHamilton,Ontario,the son of William Addison Child and Elizabeth Helen (Harvey) Child graduated from Ridley College, St. Catharines in 1915 and then studied atTrinity Collegewhere he received a Bachelor of Arts degree after serving duringWorld War I.He received a Bachelor of Arts degree fromChrist's College, Cambridgein 1921 and received a Master of Arts and Ph.D. fromHarvard University.He was a journalist and taught for a time at theUniversity of British Columbiawhile writing several novels. In 1942, he became a professor at Trinity College eventually becoming Chancellor's Professor of English.

He won theRyerson Fiction Awardtwice, in 1945 forDay of Wrathand in 1949 forMr. Ames Against Time.He also won the1949 Governor General's AwardforMr. Ames Against Time.

Selected works

• The Village of Souls(1933)
• God's Sparrows(1937)
• Day of Wrath(1945)
• Mr. Ames Against Time(1948)
• The Victorian House: And Other Poems(1951)
• Come Rack(1954)
• The Wood of the Nightingale(1965)

External links

Archives of Philip Child(Philip Child fonds, R11722)are held atLibrary and Archives Canada