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William Kirby (author)
William Kirby, (13 October 1817 – 23 June 1906) was a Canadian author, best known for his classic historical novel, ''The Golden Dog''.〔Dennis Duffy, "(Kirby, William )," ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1139–1140.〕
==Life==
Born in Yorkshire, England, Kirby immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1832, and then to Canada in 1839, where after visiting Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City, he settled in Niagara, Ontario, where his house still stands.
Kirby practised as a tanner until his marriage with Eliza Madeline Whitmore, with whom he had three children (one of whom died in infancy.)〔(William Kirby Biography ) – (1817–1906), Niagara Mail, The Golden Dog, Counter manifesto to the annexationists of Montreal〕 For more than twenty years, Kirby was the editor of the ''Niagara Mail'' (1850–1871) whom he purchased from the founder in 1850. From 1871–1895, he was a collector of customs at Niagara,〔(Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online ) accessed 22 October 2010.〕 and in 1883, he became a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada. He died at Niagara on 23 June 1906.
Kirby’s first full-length work was a long narrative, ''The U.E.: a tale of Upper Canada''. Written in 1846 the poem spoke to his political views of the time. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to have it published until 1859, when he published it himself in the ''Niagara Mail''.〔(Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online ) accessed 14 February 2012.〕
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