Wilfred Currier Keirstead

Nicknames/Other names: "Tubby"

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts (1898) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
• Divinity (1899) - Bates College & Divinity School, Lewiston, Maine, USA
• Master of Arts (1900) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
• PhD (1903) - Chicago University, Chicago, IL, USA

Distinctions:

• Honorary Doctor of Laws (1942) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
• Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (1942) - Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada

Dates Employed: 1908 - 1944

Faculty: Arts

Department: Philosophy & Economics

Position(s) held:

• Professor of Philosophy & Economics (1908 - 1931)
• Professor of Philosophy & Education (1932 - 1944)

Activities/Contributions:

Notes:

• Delivered the Address in Praise of Founders at Encaenia 1915.
• Keirstead Hall was named in his honour.

Sources:

• https://lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/keirstead/bio.html
• University Monthly, vol. 28, no. 1, November 1908, p. 11.
• MacNutt, W. Stewart. "The University in the Twentieth Century." The University of New Brunswick Memorial Volume. Ed. Alfred G. Bailey. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1950, pp. 120.