Information About ™Norman Duncan |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT NORMAN DUNCAN | |
| 1871 births | |
| duncan, norman | |
| 1916 deaths | |
| canadian novelists | |
| people from brantford | |
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Duncan was born in Brantford , Ontario , a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University Of Toronto , graduating in 1895. At university, he was a friend of William Lyon Mackenzie King . From 1897 to 1901 Duncan was on the staff of '' The New York Evening Post ''. After 1900, he lived mainly in the United States . In 1902, Duncan was appointed professor of rhetoric at Washington And Jefferson College in Washington , Pennsylvania , a position he held until 1906, when he became adjunct professor of English Literature at the University Of Kansas . Duncan made several trips to Newfoundland And Labrador , which he then used as a setting for some of his books, including ''Doctor Luke of the Labrador'', a novel featuring a thinly-veiled Wilfred Grenfell as its protagonist. From 1907 to 1908 he was correspondent of Harper's Magazine in Syria , Palestine , Arabia and Egypt . Duncan published over 20 books, including short stories, novels, and travel jounralism. BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES Brian Busby , ''Character Parts: Who's Really Who in Canlit'', Toronto: Knopf, 2003, p. 152-153.
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