Alfred Leroy Burt
{{Short description|Canadian historian (1888–1971)}}
Alfred Leroy Burt, FRSC (November 28, 1888–June 21, 1971) was a Canadian historian. A historian of Canada, with a particular interest in the relationship between French and English Canada, Burt was professor of history at the University of Alberta, then at the University of Minnesota from 1930 to 1957.{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Donald |title=The Professionalization of History in English Canada |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2005}}{{Cite web |title=Alfred Leroy Burt manuscripts - MemorySask |url=https://memorysask.ca/alfred-leroy-burt-manuscripts |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=memorysask.ca}}
Born in Listowel, Ontario, Burt was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar.
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Burt won its J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1946.{{Cite web |title=Past Award Winners |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/past-award-winners#TyrrellMedal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629010729/https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/past-award-winners#TyrrellMedal |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |publisher=The Royal Society of Canada}} He was also president of the Canadian Historical Association.
Works
- Imperial Architects, (1913)
- A Short History Of The League Of Nations, (1924)
- High School Civics, (1928)
- The Romance Of The Prairie Provinces, (1930)
- Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, 1724-1808, (1930)
- The Old Province Of Quebec, (1933)
- The Romance Of Canada, (1937)
- The United States, Great Britain, And British North America..., (1940)
- A Short History Of Canada For Americans, (1942/1944)
- The United States And Its Place In World Affairs [with ?], (1943)
- The Evolution Of The British Empire...The American Revolution, (1956)