David More
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | History lecturer,Teacher, Author, Tour Guide on St. Lawrence River and Kingston Harbour Tour Boats |
| Location | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | David was educated at University of Waterloo (BA History) and Queen’s University (MPA and MA, Ph.D. History). He retired in 2011 from a 40-year professional career working in and managing medical laboratories. He recently completed a history doctorate at Queen’s University, researching French Canadian mariners’ contributions to the survival of pre-Confederation Canada from 1775-1814. He is also a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, and is an award-winning historical novelist with four books published to date, as well as a commissioned family history. David has been a Councilor for the Canadian Nautical Research Society. He has previously served as a volunteer director for the Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston (CORK), Literacy Kingston, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston and, most recently, for Brigantine, Inc., a charity which owns and operates the brigantine St. Lawrence II out of Kingston as the platform for its traditional youth sail-training program. He is married and has a daughter. David and his wife live in Kingston near the waterfront in an 1850s limestone house that they are “continuously improving.” |
| Interests | Writing, Reading, Sailing, Boatbuilding |
| Favorite movies | Lawrence of Arabia, Apocalypse Now, Master and Commander |
| Favorite music | Mozart, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Enya, Adele |
| Favorite books | The Salterton Trilogy, Master and Commander, Hornblower Series, Bernard Cornwell |