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Brian Merrilees (1952-56), Professor Emeritus of French of the University of Toronto, has been honoured by his peers, receiving a volume of Florilegium, the journal of the Canadian Society of Medievalists.
Professor Emeritus Brian Merrilees |
Essays in English and French were contributed by colleagues from France, England, Canada, the United States and New Zealand.
The volume is entitled “Essays in Honour of Brian Merrilees “Queil boen professeur…” Mélanges offerts à Brian Merrilees” (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007) and was edited by Dr Carol Harvey of the University of Winnipeg with assistance from Dr Margaret Burrell of the University of Canterbury.
Brian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and taught at the University of Toronto from 1964 to 2004.
He was Dux of Otago Boys’ in 1956, is a Friend of the Foundation and a keen supporter of the Foundation’s annual golf tournament.