Bright, William

LL.D. (Toronto University, 1884), Canadian Presbyterian; b. at Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ont., April 22, 1844; graduated at the University of Toronto (1867), and in theology at King's College, Toronto; profe or in Manitoba College since 1871, and one of the founders of Manitoba University, 1878; from 1871-81, secretary of home mi ions for Manitoba; president of Manitoba historical society, 1884-85; and moderator of the first synod of Manitoba and the North-west territories, 1884. He is Delegue Regional de VIns litu tion eth no graph i que de Paris (1879), and received a decoration from that body. He is the author of The Presbyterian Church, in Canada, Toronto, 1875; Manitoba: its Infancy, Growth, and Present Condition, London, Eng., 1882; and other articles upon Manitoba.