Ernest George Mardon

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 Gordonstone, 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 is also a scholar in the area of Anglo-Saxon studies. In 2006 he was nominated for full membership in the International Astronomical Union. He died on March 8, 2016 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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

Selected Works

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Ernest Mardon". Lethbridge Herald. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "A Review of Community Names in Alberta". Canadian geographical journal. Royal Canadian Geographical Society. 88-89: 92. 1974.
  3. 1 2 Biographical note in "The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics," Golden Meteorite Press, Edmonton, Alberta, 2011
  4. 1 2 http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=275587&rt=1&bill=1
  5. ↑ Dr. Austin Mardon, 2002 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
  6. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G. "The Narrative Unity of the Cursor Mundi". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G. (2010). Community Place Names of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta: Golden Meteorite Press. pp. ii. ISBN 978-1897472170.
  8. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin (2012). When Kitty Met the Ghost. Edmonton, Alberta: Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 978-1897472378.
  9. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin. "The Girl Who Could Walk Through Walls". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin. "The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May Gertrude. "Early Saints". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385496. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, May. "Later Christian Saints for Children". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385519. Retrieved 15 July 2016. Missing |last2= in Authors list (help)
  13. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May. "Many Saints for Children". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. ISBN 9781895385595. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Mardon, Austin. "A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  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. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin; Mardon, May. "Early Saints and other Saintly Stories for Children". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin. "The Conflict Between the Individual & Society in the Plays of James Bridie". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. ↑ Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin. "Who's Who in Federal Politics in Alberta". Google Books. Golden Meteorite Press. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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