Frank Underhill

Frank Hawkins Underhill, OC, FRSC (November 26, 1889 – September 16, 1971) was a Canadian historian, social critic and political thinker. Frank Underhill, born in Stouffville, Ontario, was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford where he was a member of the Fabian Society. He taught history at the University of Saskatchewan from 1914 until 1927 with a long interruption during World War I when he served as an officer. He also taught from 1927 until 1955 at the University of Toronto. He left the University of Toronto due to a dispute with the administration and later joined the faculty at Carleton University. During the Great Depression, Underhill joined several other left wing academics in forming the League...