Queen’s University Archives

CA QUA01043
Person
1859-1931

Adam Shortt, historian, public servant, and economist, was born in Kilworth, Canada West. He was educated at Queen's University and the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University from 1885 to 1892. In 1892, he became Professor of Political Science and held this post until 1908. Shortt then assumed a position as one of the civil service commissioners, remaining in office until 1918 when he became Chairman of the Board of Publications at the Public Archives of Canada. During his career, Adam Shortt researched and wrote a number of pioneer works in economic history as well as co-editing the monumental series, Canada and its Provinces with Arthur Doughty.

Shortliffe, Glen

CA QUA01044
Person
1913-1969

Glen Shortliffe was born in 1913 at Stonewall, Manitoba. He was educated at the University of Alberta where he received a B.A. in 1934 and an M.A. in 1935. During 1935-1936 he attended the Sorbonne and he was awarded a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1939. That same year he came to Queen's University where he was a Professor of French until his death in 1956.

Short, J.S.

CA QUA11580
Person
fl. 1910

J.S. Short was a student at Queen's University.

Short, Herbert Douglass

CA QUA01204
Person
1909-1987

Herbert Douglass Short was born in 1909 at Thetford Mines, Quebec. In 1933 he graduated from Queen's University with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. From 1935 to 1960, as a specialist in underground transmission cable systems, Short worked for Canada Wire and Cable (and its subsidiary Fabricon) as Development and then Chief Engineer. As consulting engineer he worked for Lacal Industries, 1963-1967, and Industrial Wire and Cable, 1967-1970. Also, as consulting engineer, he had his own firm from 1960 to his death in 1987.

Shisko, Alex