Newton MacTavish
{{Short description|Canadian journalist and art critic}}
File:Newton MacTavish, editor of the Globe & Mail (I0001629).tif
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2021}}Newton McFaul MacTavish (February 19, 1875{{spnd}}August 17, 1941) was a Canadian journalist and art critic.
Early life and education
Newton McFaul MacTavish was born on February 19, 1875, in Staffa, Ontario,{{cite book|chapter=MacTavish, Newton McFaul|editor-last1=Morgan|editor-first1=Henry James|editor-link1=Henry James Morgan|title=The Canadian Men and Women of the Time|volume=2|page=721|date=1912}} {{PD-notice}} a community in West Perth, Ontario.
He was educated by private tutors and at McGill University.
Career
MacTavish joined the staff of The Globe in 1899 and became its Montreal correspondent in 1903.
Beginning in 1906, he was the editor of the Canadian Magazine.
On June 27, 1926, MacTavish was named a member of Canada's federal civil service commission, now the Public Service Commission of Canada.{{cite news|date=June 28, 1926|title=W. L. McDougald Named Senator by Government|page=1|work=The Gazette|agency=The Canadian Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83675190/w-l-mcdougald-named-senator-by/}} Before his appointment, he had been a trustee of the National Gallery of Canada and Acadia University.
MacTavish died on August 17, 1941, in Toronto.{{cite news|agency=The Canadian Press|title=Dr. Newton MacTavish Passes on at Toronto|work=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51473400/obituary-for-newton-mactavish/|date=August 18, 1941|page=16}}
Publications
= Books =
- {{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/thrownin0000mact|title=Thrown In|date=1923|publisher=Macmillan|oclc=1157938952}}{{Cite journal|date=1924|title=Review of Thrown In|journal=The Sewanee Review|volume=32|issue=1|pages=125–126|issn=0037-3052|jstor=27533740}}
- {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207344|title=The Fine Arts in Canada|publisher=MacMillan|year=1925}}{{cite journal|last1=Currelly|first1=Charles Trick|author-link1=Charles Trick Currelly|date=March 1926|title=Review of The Fine Arts in Canada|journal=The Canadian Historical Review|volume=7|issue=1|pages=77–78|id={{Project MUSE|626483}}}}{{Cite journal|date=1926|title=Review of The Fine Arts in Canada|journal=The American Magazine of Art|volume=17|issue=4|pages=214–214|issn=2151-254X|jstor=23930061}}
- {{Cite book|title=Ars Longa|publisher=Ontario Publishing Company|year=1938}}{{cite news|last1=Burgoyne|first1=St. George|date=May 21, 1938|title=Big Company of Canadian Artists Surveyed by Newton MacTavish|page=22|work=The Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83702498/big-company-of-canadian-artists/}}
= Articles =
- {{Cite journal|date=1911|title=A Renaissance of Art in Canada|journal=Art and Progress|volume=2|issue=11|pages=318–325|issn=2151-2531|jstor=20560470}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacTavish, Newton McFaul}}
Category:19th-century Canadian journalists
Category:20th-century Canadian journalists
Category:The Globe and Mail columnists