death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name
toronto , ontario 06 february 1978 hamilton , ontario 19 january 1898 novelist , poet , and academic philip child
 philip albert child
philip child

philip albert child -lrb- january 19 , 1898 -- february 6 , 1978 -rrb- was a canadian novelist , poet , and academic .
born in hamilton , ontario , the son of william addison child and elizabeth helen -lrb- harvey -rrb- child , child studied at trinity college where he received a bachelor of arts degree after serving during world war i .
he received a bachelor of arts degree from christ 's college , cambridge in 1921 and received a master of arts and ph.d. from harvard university .
he was a journalist and taught for a time at the university of british columbia while writing several novels .
in 1942 , he became a professor at trinity college eventually becoming chancellor 's professor of english .
he won the ryerson fiction award twice , in 1945 for `` day of wrath '' and in 1949 for `` mr. ames against time '' .
he also won the 1949 governor general 's award for `` mr. ames against time '' .
