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Ms. Charlotte Gray

Affiliation

Carleton University

Academy or College

Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Year Elected

2009

Areas of Interest

Biographer and Historian

Charlotte is an historian who has won an international reputation for her meticulously researched and beautifully crafted biographies of a number of Canadians, including the two pioneer women of Ontario, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, as well as Alexander Graham Bell.

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GREY, Charlotte -History
Charlotte is an historian who has won an international reputation for her meticulously researched and beautifully crafted biographies of a number of Canadians, including the two pioneer women of Ontario, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, as well as Alexander Graham Bell. Her ability to place her subjects in the context of their times is outstanding. Her capacity to enchant the general reader and, at the same time to please the academic, is extraordinary. Her talent for communicating the importance and relevance of Canadian history to her fellow citizens is of immense value to her country.