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Charles Perry Stacey was born on 30 July, 1906 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian historian (1906–1989). Discover Charles Perry Stacey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 30 July 1906
Birthday 30 July
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario
Date of death 1989
Died Place Toronto, Ontario
Nationality Toronto, Ontario

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His wife is Doris Newton Shiell (m. 1939-1969)

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1860

Stacey was born in Toronto, Ontario to Dr Charles Edward Stacey (1860 – 1927) and Pearl Perry (1878 – 1964).

The Stacey family was of Anglo-Irish, Church of Ireland origin.

1903

Doris was born in Toronto in 1903.

1906

Colonel Charles Perry Stacey (30 July 1906 – 17 November 1989) was a Canadian historian and university professor.

He served as the official historian of the Canadian Army in the Second World War and published extensively on military and political matters.

1924

In 1924 he joined the Canadian Militia.

In total, he served in the militia and the army for 35 years (1924-1959).

1927

After attending the University of Toronto Schools, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Toronto in 1927.

1929

Stacey received a second bachelor's degree in history from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1929.

1933

He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University in 1933.

From 1933 to 1940, Stacey was a member of the history department at Princeton University.

With the advent of the Second World War, he was given the rank of major and appointed as historical officer to the Canadian Army.

He served in the United Kingdom for most of the war, headed a team dedicated to collecting and collating information for future historians, and wrote contemporary reports.

His reports provided factual details about many military operations, including the Dieppe Raid and Operation Spring.

After the war, Stacey worked with a team to create an official history of the Canadian military operations during the conflict.

He benefited from his access to the major Canadian military and political figures involved in the war, both during the conflict and afterwards, when the official histories were being finalized.

1939

His book, Arms, Men, and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945 also won the Albert B. Corey Prize, awarded jointly by the Canadian Historical Association and American Historical Association, in 1972.

On 26 August 1939 Stacey married Doris Newton Shiell, daughter of R. T. Shiell.

1955

The three volume set was published in 1955.

A comment he made after the war regarding war brides, whom he called "Most excellent citizens," became the title of a book on the subject by Eswyn Lyster.

Stacey eventually attained the rank of colonel.

1959

From 1959 to 1975, Stacey was a professor of history at the University of Toronto.

He continued to research and write analysis of Canadian military operations.

He published an autobiography, A Date With History, which presented much background information regarding the writing of the Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War.

He extended those themes in volumes The Half Million (dealing with the Canadian forces stationed in Britain) and Arms, Men, and Government (concerning the government in Canada) during the war.

Stacey also wrote a critical analysis of the writing process of the Official History of World War I (only one of the projected eight volumes by the original author ever appeared in print).

After Colonel Stacey's retirement from the Army in 1959, the couple lived in a house at 89 Tranmer Avenue in Toronto.

1969

Doris died in Toronto on 5 December 1969.

1988

Since 1988, an award called the C.P. Stacey Prize has been given by the Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War "for distinguished publications on the twentieth-century military experience."

1989

He died in Toronto in 1989.

His personal and research papers are in the University of Toronto Archives.

Colonel Stacey died in Toronto on 17 January 1989 at age 82.

He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.