2 Quotes & Sayings By Murray Morgan
Murray Morgan was born on March 7, 1914, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He attended the University of British Columbia and McGill University, where he earned his law degree in 1938. He worked as a lawyer in Vancouver for many years before becoming involved in politics, first on behalf of the Liberal party and then on behalf of the New Democratic Party. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1957 general election, but lost his seat in the 1958 elections
He later served as Canada's ambassador to Belgium (1963–1965) and to Norway (1968–1971). Morgan's work of writing has focused mainly on education and history. His books include A History of Our Times (1953), The Story of Civilization (1958), The People's Century (1959), The Vanished Race (1960), The Greying of Canada (1963), A Matter of Leadership (1964), An Autobiography (1969), Murray Morgan Speaks (1970), History Today (1971), The Making of History Today (1975), Canada: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (1975), Murray Morgan Speaks Again (1974) with R.D. Harrison, A Mixture of Memory: An Autobiography with Hugh MacLennan, with Charles Gordon MacKay, and Writing with Murray Morgan.