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Portrait or photograph of Robertson Davies: Title: Robertson Davies [Canadian author and journalist] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Pub

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Robertson Davies

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Robertson Davies, remembered for Literature, Drama, Canadian fiction.

1913 - 1995Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Portrait or photograph of Robertson Davies: Title: Robertson Davies [Canadian author and journalist] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Pub
Title: Robertson Davies [Canadian author and journalist] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: January 1982. Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2020737442/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Robertson Davies Is Remembered

Robertson Davies is remembered for literature, drama, canadian fiction. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Robertson Davies.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Toronto, Ontario, Canada is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Robertson Davies's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. 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. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Image connected to Robertson Davies: The University of Adelaide Council and Staff in 1923. Front row: Dr. Helen Mayo, Prof. Kerr Grant, Prof. Thorburn Robertson

The University of Adelaide Council and Staff in 1923. Front row: Dr. Helen Mayo, Prof. Kerr Grant, Prof. Thorburn Robertson, Prof. Coleman Phillipson, Sir George Murray (Chancellor

W. S. Smith, University of Adelaide archives here, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Image connected to Robertson Davies: View of interior of 1850 St. Lawrence Market building as it appeared in 1891.

View of interior of 1850 St. Lawrence Market building as it appeared in 1891.

John Ross Robertson, Toronto Public Library, http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-5182&R=DC-PICTURES-R-5182&searchPageType=vrl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Image connected to Robertson Davies: Campaign material used by the Australian Country Party at the 1955 Australian federal election , featuring Western Australi

Campaign material used by the Australian Country Party at the 1955 Australian federal election , featuring Western Australian Senate candidates Agnes Robertson and Reginald Davies

Australian Country Party, National Library of Australia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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