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Angus (family)
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Angus (family)
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Henry Forbes Angus (1891-1991) graduated from McGill University in 1911 and the in in 1914 he went to Oxford University. His studies were interrupted by war service but he returned to Oxford after the war and obtained his MA in 1919. In 1919 Angus joined the University of British Columbia faculty as an assistant professor of Economics. From 1930 to 1956, he served as head of the Dept. of Economics, Political Science and Sociology. He was also a Dean of Graduate Studies from 1949 to 1956. Among his many roles and responsibilities, he was also a member of the Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial relations, a member of the Royal Commission on Transportation and Chairman of the Public Utilities of B.C. Annie M. Angus (wife of Henry Angus) was formerly a Trustee and Chairman of the Vancouver School Board and a volunteer worker. Other family members include Henry Duckley (Angus' grandfather) who was editor of the Manchester Examiner Times (1855-1889), William H. Duckley (his uncle) and Mary E. Angus (his mother).
