Timeline
- ca 1880 educated in the public schools, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- 1891 BA, graduate Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
- 1894 theology, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario
- ca 1895 University of Chicago, Illinois
- 1894-96 Baptist Church, Morden, Manitoba
- 1897-1900 Baptist Church, Galt, Ontario
- 1898-1900 lecturer, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario
- 1900-1903 professor of Biblical literature and English, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba
- 1904-1912 pastor, First Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio
- 1912-1923 president, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba
- 1917 first elected to House of Commons, Brandon riding, supporter Unionist government
- 1923-1941 Chancellor, McMaster University, Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, longest serving chancellor or president
- 1936 honorary doctorate DD, Victoria University (now Victoria College, University of Toronto)
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