He spent his formative years in Renfrew, Ontario (and renamed it as "Blairlogie", in his novel What's Bred in the Bone) many of the novel's characters are named after families he knew there. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child, where he developed a lifelong interest in drama. He followed in their footsteps and read everything he could. His father, a member of the Canadian Senate from 1942 to his death in 1967, was a newspaperman from Welshpool, Wales, and both parents were voracious readers. Growing up, Davies was surrounded by books and lively language. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.ĭavies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, the third son of William Rupert Davies and Florence Sheppard McKay. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. The Deptford Trilogy, The Cornish Trilogy, The Salterton Trilogy Journalist, playwright, professor, critic, novelist
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