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Ernest George Mardon

Ernest George Mardon

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Ernest George Mardon (1928 – 6 March 2016) was an English professor who worked at the University of Lethbridge.[1][2] He has several dozen books, mostly on the history of Alberta, Canada.[2]

Born in Houston, Texas in 1928 to Professor Austin Mardon and Marie Dickey, Dr. Ernest G. Mardon was educated at Gordonstoun, 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,[3] serving with that outfit in the Suez Canal Zone, Cyprus, Libya, from 1952 to 1954.[4] He was honorably discharged with the rank of lieutenant.[4] He moved to Canada in 1954 as Bureau Manager for United Press International. He taught high school in Morinville, 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.[3] He died on 8 March 2016, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.[citation needed]

Mardon's children include the Antarctic researcher and writer Austin Mardon.[5]

Selected works

  • Narrative Unity of the Cursor Mundi (1967, 2 ed. 2012)[6]
  • The Founding Faculty of the University of Lethbridge (1968)[7]
  • When Kitty met the Ghost (1991, 2 ed. 2012)[8]
  • The Girl Who Could Walk Through Walls (1991)[9]
  • Alberta Mormon Politicians/The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics (1991, 2 ed. 2011)[10]
  • Early Saints (1997)[11]
  • Later Christian Saints for Children (1997)[12]
  • Many Saints for Children (1997)[13]
  • A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (translator, 2010)[14]
  • Visionaries of a New Political Era: The Men Who Paved the Way for the Alberta Act of 1905 (2010)[15]
  • Early Saints and other Saintly Stories for Children (2011)[16]
  • The Conflict Between the Individual & Society in the Plays of James Bridie (2012)[17]
  • Who's Who in Federal Politics in Alberta (2012)[18]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dr. Ernest Mardon". Lethbridge Herald. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "A Review of Community Names in Alberta". Canadian Geographical Journal. 88–89: 92. 1974.
  3. [3]
    Biographical note in "The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics," Golden Meteorite Press, Edmonton, Alberta, 2011
  4. [4]
    "Austin Mardon family fonds". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    Dr. Austin Mardon, 2002 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
  6. [6]
    Mardon, Ernest G. (August 2012). The Narrative Unity of the Cursor Mundi. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472576. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. [7]
    Mardon, Ernest G. (2010). Community Place Names of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta: Golden Meteorite Press. pp. ii. ISBN 978-1897472170.
  8. [8]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (2012). When Kitty Met the Ghost. Edmonton, Alberta: Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 978-1897472378.
  9. [9]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (1991). The Girl Who Could Walk Through Walls. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385434. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. [10]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (2011). The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472231. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  11. [11]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May Gertrude (1997). Early Saints. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385496. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  12. [12]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, May (1997). Later Christian Saints for Children. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385519. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  13. [13]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May (1997). Many Saints for Children. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385595. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  14. [14]
    Mardon, Austin (November 2010). A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472088. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  15. [15]
    Mardon, Ernest G. "Visionaries of a New Political Era: The Men Who Paved the Way for the Alberta Act of 1905". Toronto Public Library. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  16. [16]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May (25 December 2014). Early Saints and other Saintly Stories for Children. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472446. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  17. [17]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (1 August 2012). The Conflict Between the Individual & Society in the Plays of James Bridie. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472071. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. [18]
    Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (May 2012). Who's Who in Federal Politics in Alberta. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781897472194. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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