Robert William Bruce Pugh

Nicknames/Other names:

Education:

• King's Scholar, Eton College
• Honours in French, Keble College, Oxford
• MA Oxford (1926) and Docteur-es-Lettres Strasbourg (1927)

Dates Employed: 1926-1939

Faculty: Arts

Department: Modern Languages

Position(s) held:

• Professor of French & German

Activities/Contributions:

• President of the Oxford University French Club
• First World War veteran, served in France and Belgium
• Reader in English, Strasbourg University, France
• Member of Wolf Cub (Boy Scouts) organization in Fredericton, and held office of District Commissioner

Notes:

• Delivered the Address in Praise of Founders at Encaenia 1927.
• Resigned 17 May 1939 to teach at King's in Halifax, NS to become clergyman in Church of England in Canada. Ordained 22 Dec. 1940.

Sources: UA Case 77: Pugh, Robert William Bruce