A Sense of Time and Place: Gilbert Stelter's Contribution to Urban History
These remarks were presented at “The Urban Academic,” a conference in honour of the retirement of Dr. Gil Stelter, September 26, 1998, at the University of Guelph. The conference was presented by the History Department of the university.Gil Stelter was the first president of the Canadian Urban Group...
| Published in: | Urban History Review |
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| Language: | English |
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Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine
2000
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1016424ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1016424ar |
| Summary: | These remarks were presented at “The Urban Academic,” a conference in honour of the retirement of Dr. Gil Stelter, September 26, 1998, at the University of Guelph. The conference was presented by the History Department of the university.Gil Stelter was the first president of the Canadian Urban Group after it was founded in 1971 at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in St. John's, Newfoundland. In retirement, Gil combines his writing on urban history with the hybridizing of day lilies. He is currently president of the U.S.-based Urban History Association. Ces propos ont été tenus lors d’une conférence intitulée « The Urban Academic » organisée en l’honneur du départ à la retraite de M. Gil Stelter, Ph.D., le 26 septembre 1998 à la University of Guelph. La conférence était présentée par le département d’histoire de l’Université.Gil Stelter a été le premier président du Canadian Urban Group après sa fondation en 1971 lors de l’assemblée annuelle de la Société historique du Canada à St. John’s (Terre-Neuve). Depuis qu’il est à la retraite, M. Stelter continue d’écrire sur l’histoire urbaine et s’intéresse à l’hybridation des hémérocalles fauves. Il est président de l’Urban History Association dans les États-Unis. |
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