Grace Irwin
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Grace Irwin | |
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| Born | July 14, 1907 Toronto, Canada |
| Died | September 16, 2008 (aged 101) Toronto, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Grace Irwin (1907-2008) was a Canadian writer who wrote Christian-themed fiction. She also worked as a classics teacher and minister.
Born in Toronto on July 14, 1907,[1] Grace was the youngest of five children of John Irwin, a Methodist lay minister, and Martha Fortune Irwin, a schoolteacher.[2] Grace attended high school at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute before going on to earn a B.A. in 1929 and an M.A. in 1932 in Greek drama and philosophy from the University of Toronto.[3][4] She taught at Humberside Collegiate Institute for many years, serving as head of the Latin and Greek department from 1942 to 1969.[3] Victoria University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters degree in 1991.[3][5] She was also awarded a Canadian Centennial Medal in 1968.[3] After her retirement from teaching, she was ordained by the Christian Congregational Conference of Ontario, and served as a minister in a Toronto area church.[4] She died on September 16, 2008.[1]
