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'''Name: '''Robert W. B. Pugh
'''Nicknames/Other names:'''
'''Nicknames/Other names:'''


'''Education: '''
'''Education:'''


*Bachelor of Arts
*King's Scholar, Eton College
*Honours in French, Keble College, Oxford
*MA Oxford (1926) and Docteur-es-Lettres Strasbourg (1927)


'''Dates Employed: '''1926-1939
'''Dates Employed: '''1926-1939
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'''Faculty: '''Arts
'''Faculty: '''Arts


'''Department: '''Modern Languages (French and German)
'''Department: '''Modern Languages
 
'''Position(s) held:'''


'''Position(s) held: '''Most recent - Least 
*Professor of French & German


'''Activities/Contributions:'''
'''Activities/Contributions:'''
*President of the Oxford University French Club
*First World War veteran, served in France and Belgium
*Reader in English, Strasbourg University, France
*Member of Wolf Cub (Boy Scouts) organization in Fredericton, and held office of District Commissioner


'''Notes:'''
'''Notes:'''
*Delivered the [https://graduations.lib.unb.ca/address/19398 Address in Praise of Founders] at Encaenia 1927.
*Resigned 17 May 1939 to teach at King's in Halifax, NS to become clergyman in Church of England in Canada. Ordained 22 Dec. 1940.


'''Sources:'''
'''Sources: '''UA Case 77: Pugh, Robert William Bruce


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Latest revision as of 14:34, 3 May 2021

Nicknames/Other names:

Education:

  • King's Scholar, Eton College
  • Honours in French, Keble College, Oxford
  • MA Oxford (1926) and Docteur-es-Lettres Strasbourg (1927)

Dates Employed: 1926-1939

Faculty: Arts

Department: Modern Languages

Position(s) held:

  • Professor of French & German

Activities/Contributions:

  • President of the Oxford University French Club
  • First World War veteran, served in France and Belgium
  • Reader in English, Strasbourg University, France
  • Member of Wolf Cub (Boy Scouts) organization in Fredericton, and held office of District Commissioner

Notes:

  • Delivered the Address in Praise of Founders at Encaenia 1927.
  • Resigned 17 May 1939 to teach at King's in Halifax, NS to become clergyman in Church of England in Canada. Ordained 22 Dec. 1940.

Sources: UA Case 77: Pugh, Robert William Bruce


© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2014