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Norman McQueen Ward (May 19, 1918 - February 6, 1990) was a Canadian writer and academic.〔(Norman Ward ) at The Canadian Encyclopedia.〕 A longtime professor of political science at the University of Saskatchewan, his writings spanned a wide variety of genres from politics to biography to humor.〔 Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario,〔"Norman Ward: Political scientist, author made fun of academic life". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 7, 1990.〕 he was educated at McMaster University and the University of Toronto.〔 He joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1944,〔("Ward, Norman McQueen (1918–90)" ). The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.〕 staying with the institution until his retirement in 1985.〔 The writer and editor of several important political science texts on politics in Canada and Saskatchewan,〔 he also published three books of humor.〔 He won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1961 for ''Mice in the Beer'', his first collection of humorous essays.〔 His later humor works were ''The Fully-Processed Cheese'' (1964) and ''Her Majesty's Mice'' (1977).〔 He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1962, and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976.〔 He also served on the advisory board for the first edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia in 1985.〔"Magnificent, colorful Canadian Encyclopedia soon becomes essential". ''Ottawa Citizen'', September 7, 1985.〕 He died in 1990 in Saskatoon.〔 ''Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal'', his biography of former Saskatchewan Premier James Garfield Gardiner, was published posthumously later that year.〔"Gardiner unstoppable Liberal boss". ''Toronto Star'', July 14, 1990.〕 ==Works== *''The Government of Canada'' (multiple editions 1947-1970, coedited with Robert MacGregor Dawson) *''The Canadian House of Commons: Representation'' (1950) *''Mice in the Beer'' (1960) *''The Public Purse: A Study in Canadian Democracy'' (1962) *''The Fully-Processed Cheese'' (1964) *''Politics in Saskatchewan'' (1968) *''Bilingualism and Biculturalism in the Canadian House of Commons'' (1968) *''Her Majesty's Mice'' (1977) *''Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal'' (1990) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Ward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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