Marguerite Van Die
Dr. Marguerite Van Die is professor emerita in 19th century religious history in North America in Queen’s University history department, Kingston, Ontario. She holds a PhD from the University of Western Ontario (now Western University). From 1985 to 2009 held a Queen’s joint appointment in History and Theology, then continued as Professor, Department of History, Queen's University, until 2011. She is currently working on a history of spirituality and social change, examined through the lens of three generations of a Toronto family active in politics, foreign missions and global outreach. Among her works: authorship of An Evangelical Mind: Nathaniel Burwash and the Methodist Tradition in Canada, 1839-1918, (Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989).
Bio last updated April 30th, 2019.
Articles by Marguerite Van Die
Margaret Burwash
By Marguerite Van Die
February 10, 2017
Margaret Proctor Burwash had a keen interest in the welfare of female students at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, and believed that their education should be largely in the hands of women.
Margaret Proctor Burwash had a keen interest in the welfare of female students at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, and believed that their education should be largely in the hands of women