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George Robert Farrar Prowse
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Educator, historian.
Born at St. John’s, Newfoundland in October 1860, son of judge D. W. Prowse, he was educated at Haileybury College in England. In 1892, he became interested in early explorers of Canada, and began studying old maps at the Boston Public Library, British Museum, and in Paris. He wrote the article The Voyage of John Cabot in 1497 to North America (1897).
He came to Manitoba in 1905 and taught at Prairie City School (1909-1911) before becoming the first Principal of Bannatyne School (1911-1913). He then taught successively at Melita School (1913-1915), Roland School (1915-1916), Oakville School (1916-1918), Starbuck School (1918-1920), Cypress River School (1920-1921), Minitonas School (1921-1923), Langruth School (1923-1924), Elphinstone School (1924-1925), and Fairfax School (1925-1926).
He retired in 1926 and worked full time on historical research. He published several works including Cabot's Surveys (1921), Exploration of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1499-1525 (1929), Cartological Material (1936), True and Only Labrador (1939), John Cabot's Baccalaos (1940), Sebastian Cabot Lied (1942), John Cabot Sails for Hudson Strait (1944), and Cabot's Bona Vista Landfall (1946).
He died unmarried at St. Boniface on 31 August 1946 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“G. R. F. Prowse historian, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1946, page 3.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 December 2023
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