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Donald Grant Creighton, (July 15, 1902 – December 19, 1979) was a noted Canadian historian whose major works include ''The Commercial Empire of the St-Lawrence: 1760-1850'' (first published in 1937) a detailed study on the growth of the English merchant class in relation to the St-Lawrence River in Canada. His biography of John A. Macdonald, published into two parts between 1952 and 1955, was considered by many Canadian historians as re-establishing biographies as a proper form of historical research in Canada.〔Berger, Carl, ''The Writing of Canadian History'', Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1986, 364 p.〕 By the 1960s Creigthon began to move towards a more general history of Canada. Creighton's later years were preoccupied with criticizing the then ruling Liberal Party of Canada under William Lyon Mackenzie King and his successor Louis St-Laurent. Creighton denounced the Liberal Party for undermining Canada's link with Great Britain and moving towards closer relations with the United States, which he strongly disliked. He also disliked Jews and French Canadians. His peers remember a brilliant writer who was a very difficult colleague. His biographer says: :By the 1960s, English Canada’s most accomplished historian had become a caricature: one-dimensional, uncomplicated and unlikeable; temperamental, francophobic and intolerant....he had become a pariah.〔Donald Wright, "Reflections on Donald Creighton & the Appeal of Biography," ''Journal of Historical Biography'' (2007) vol 1 p 18〕 ==Background== Creighton was born in Toronto, to William Black Creighton, a Methodist minister and editor of ''The Christian Guardian'', and Laura Harvie Creighton. He attended Victoria College, in the University of Toronto, where he received his BA in 1925.〔Vance, Jonathan "Creigton, Donald Grant" pages 258-259 from'' The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'', Volume 1, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999 page 259.〕 He then attended Balliol College at Oxford University, where he received his MA before returning to Canada to teach history, at the University of Toronto, where he remained for his career.〔Vance, Jonathan "Creigton, Donald Grant" pages 258-259 from'' The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'', Volume 1, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999 page 259〕 Creighton belonged to a generation of English Canadians who were proud of the British Empire, and his anglophilia was often expressed in his books.〔Vance, Jonathan "Creigton, Donald Grant" pages 258-259 from'' The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'', Volume 1, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999 page 259〕 In 1926, Creighton married Luella Bruce.〔Vance, Jonathan "Creigton, Donald Grant" pages 258-259 from'' The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'', Volume 1, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999 page 259〕 Their daughter, Cynthia Flood, is also a noted Canadian fiction writer. Creighton died in his sleep on December 18, 1979, from cancer, in Brooklin, Ontario, aged 77. In 1967, Creighton was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Creighton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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