Irwin, Alexander James, 1866-1956

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Irwin, Alexander James, 1866-1956

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

        Identifiers for corporate bodies

        Description area

        Dates of existence

        1866-1956

        History

        Alexander James Irwin (1866-1956) was a Methodist/United Church minister, educator and temperance worker. He was born in Invermay, Ontario, in 1866 and studied at Victoria University. He was ordained in 1893. He ministered in Ontario, 1893-1913; taught New Testament language and literature at Wesley College, Winnipeg, 1913-1918, and was dismissed from the staff at the same time as Salem Bland. He ministered in Ontario again, 1920-1927. He served as Secretary of the Ontario Temperance Federation, 1927-1942; and of the Canadian Temperance Federation, 1929-1945, remaining an active executive member and honorary president until his death.

        Places

        Legal status

        Functions, occupations and activities

        Mandates/sources of authority

        Internal structures/genealogy

        General context

        Relationships area

        Access points area

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Occupations

        Control area

        Authority record identifier

        Institution identifier

        ON00340

        Rules and/or conventions used

        Status

        Final

        Level of detail

        Full

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Language(s)

          Script(s)

            Sources

            Maintenance notes