Thomas William Acheson
1936-

Thomas William Acheson (Bill) began teaching at the University of New Brunswick in 1963. After 2 years he went to the University of Toronto for his doctorate. Eventually he would be chair of the Department of History at UNB, a former president of the Canadian Historical Association, and the author of studies in regional history, including Saint John: The Making of a Colonial Urban Community (Toronto, 1985). Acheson retired in 1995 and was named Professor Emeritus at the 1997 UNB Fredericton Convocation.

Source

Fingard, Judith. "Focusing on their Roots: University of New Brunswick Historians and Regional History." Acadiensis, Vol 31, No. 1, Autumn 2000, pp. 38-44.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

History professor Bill Acheson sitting with book
Picture Caption

Bill Acheson

Credit

Photo by Sallard.  "History professor Bill Acheson sitting with book."  Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, UNB Libraries. UA PR 2, Subseries 1, File 2, item 1, 1985. Accessed 12 June 2023.

Bibliography Items

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Acheson, Thomas William. Denominationalism in a Loyalist County: A Social History of Charlotte, 1783–1940. 1964. University of New Brunswick. M.A. [ thesis ]
Collection(s): Religion

Saunders, S. A. and Acheson, Thomas William. The economic history of the Maritime Provinces. Fredericton, N.B.: Acadiensis Press, 1984, 139 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints

Acheson, Thomas William. Saint John: The Making of a Colonial Urban Community. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1985, 314 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Acheson, Thomas William. "Methodism and the Problem of Methodist Identity in Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick." Edited by Scobie, Charles H. H., and Grant, John W. The Contribution of Methodism to Atlantic Canada. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992, 107-123. [ book section ]
Collection(s): Religion

Acheson, Thomas William. Saint John: The Making of a Colonial Urban Community. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993, x, 314 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Architecture

Acheson, Thomas William. "Evangelicals and Public Life in Southern New Brunswick, 1830-1880." Edited by Van Die, Marguerite. Religion and Public Life in Canada: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2001, 50-68. [ book section ]
Collection(s): Religion