W. G. Godfrey

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William G. Godfrey (born 1941) is a Canadian historian that specializes in the history of the Maritime Provinces. He received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. from Queen's University. Until recently he was department chair at Canada's most prestigious undergraduate institution, Mount Allison University. In 2007 Dr. Godfrey was granted the title of Professor Emeritus at Mount Allison University. Godfrey is now retired.

[edit] Publications

The Struggle to Serve : A History of the Moncton Hospital, 1895 to 1953. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
Pursuit of Profit and Preferment in Colonial North America: John Bradstreet's Quest. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982.
"'The Peoples in Between': Phips, Eddy and Acadie/Nova Scotia." Acadiensis 29.2 (2000), 147-155.
"Some Participants Missing but a Great Deal Present." Acadiensis 20.2 (1990), 249-253.
"'A New Golden Age': Recent Historical Writing on the Maritimes." Queens Quarterly 91.2 (1984): 350-382.
"Canadian History Text Books and the Maritimes." Acadiensis 10.1 (1980), 131-135.
"Some Thoughts on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Maritime Historiography." Acadiensis 7.2 (1978), 107-115.
"'The Trickle is Worth Noting':Common Law and Consumerism in Early Newfoundland History. Acadiensis 35 (2005).
"A Fortified Town and a World War Profitably Re-Examined." Acadiensis 33 (2004).
"'Into the Hands of the Ladies': The Birth of the Moncton Hospital." Acadiensis 27 (1997)
"'A Vision Beyond Reach':Some Recent Atlantic Canadian Studies." Journal of Canadian Studies 28 (1993-94)