fullname death_date death_place influenced birth_place era major_works main_interests birth_date article_title name
william cyril desmond pacey 4 july 1975 fredericton , new brunswick , canada fred cogswell dunedin , new zealand 1940-1975 '' canadian poets '' creative writing in canada , '' '' ten canadian history , canadian literature 1 may 1917 desmond pacey
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desmond pacey

william cyril desmond pacey , -lrb- may 1 , 1917 -- july 4 , 1975 -rrb- , was a pioneer of canadian literary criticism .
he was also a notable author of verse and short fiction and a long-time university administrator .
he was awarded the lorne pierce medal by the royal society of canada in 1972 .
as chair of the university of new brunswick english department in the 1940s , pacey worked closely with roy daniels of the university of british columbia to initiate english phd programs at both universities , effectively breaking the academic stranglehold the university of toronto held on higher education in canadian universities .
