Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
Source: Library and Archives Canada, C-006718

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860-November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the Confederation poets. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Bliss Carman Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. ... Archibald Lampman ( November 17, 1861 - February 10, 1899) was a Canadian poet. ... Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process that ultimately brought together a union among the provinces, colonies and territories of British North America to form the Dominion of Canada, a dominion of the British Empire, which today is the federal nation state called Canada. ...

He was born in Douglas, New Brunswick in 1860 and was raised near the Tantramar Marshes at Sackville. In 1879, he earned a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick and, in the following year, published his first book of poems, Orion and Other Poems, and was married on December 29. Much of his best poetry in this period was inspired by nature. The Tantramar Marshes are on the southern part of the Isthmus of Chignecto, which joins Nova_Scotia to New_Brunswick and the Canadian mainland. ... Sackville Waterfowl Park Sackville (45°54′ N 64°22′ W, AST) is a town in Westmorland County, located in South-Eastern New Brunswick, Canada, only eight km from the Nova Scotia border and 45 km from the regional city of Moncton. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... KFP 15:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

In 1897, he separated from his wife and family and moved to New York City, where he turned to fiction, especially stories about animals. He also wrote descriptive text for guide books, such as Picturesque Canada. In 1907, he moved to Paris, later moving to London. Roberts served with the British Army during World War I, then later joined the Canadian War Records Office in London. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

In 1925, Roberts returned to Canada, moving to Toronto and began writing poetry again. For his contributions to literature, he was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1926 and was knighted in 1935. He remarried on October 28 1943 at the age of 83 but became ill and died shortly after in Toronto. }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... The Lorne Pierce Medal is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French. ...

Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time.

External link

• Article in the Canadian poetry archive