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Henry Scadding
Historian, author, priest. Henry Scadding immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents in 1821. His father was John Scadding, clerk to the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe. The child was initially schooled in York, and then received his education at Upper Canada College, where he had the distinction of being the first pupil enrolled in 1830. He also matriculated at Saint John's College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. He graduated from the latter in 1837, and returned to Canada. (He received additional degrees from Cambridge in 1840, 1852, and 1867.) In 1838, Scadding was appointed a classical master at Upper Canada College. He was also ordained a priest of the Church of England, and served at Saint James' Church in Toronto. Scadding married in 1841, but was widowed in 1843. He served as rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto from 1847 to 1875. Due to his failing health, he resigned from the college in 1862 and the church in 1875. At that time, he was appointed as a canon at Saint James' Cathedral. While Henry Scadding published on a variety of subjects throughout his life, his strongest interest was Toronto history. He authored a number of books, but is perhaps best known for his "Toronto of Old: collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario."
Henry Scadding
Historian, author, priest. Henry Scadding immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents in 1821. His father was John Scadding, clerk to the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe. The child was initially schooled in York, and then received his education at Upper Canada College, where he had the distinction of being the first pupil enrolled in 1830. He also matriculated at Saint John's College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. He graduated from the latter in 1837, and returned to Canada. (He received additional degrees from Cambridge in 1840, 1852, and 1867.) In 1838, Scadding was appointed a classical master at Upper Canada College. He was also ordained a priest of the Church of England, and served at Saint James' Church in Toronto. Scadding married in 1841, but was widowed in 1843. He served as rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto from 1847 to 1875. Due to his failing health, he resigned from the college in 1862 and the church in 1875. At that time, he was appointed as a canon at Saint James' Cathedral. While Henry Scadding published on a variety of subjects throughout his life, his strongest interest was Toronto history. He authored a number of books, but is perhaps best known for his "Toronto of Old: collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario."