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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Brunt, Howard Dayne
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Description area
Dates of existence
1881-1942
History
Howard Dayne Brunt, a native of Halifax, obtained his B.A. from Dalhousie and his PhD. from the University of Jena. He served as Principal of Bloomfield High School, Halifax, for thirteen years and then in 1919 he obtained an appointment as lecturer of English at the School of Teachers at Macdonald College. He was promoted to the level of assistant professor three years later and in 1926 became Associate Professor. From 1936, until his death in 1942, Brunt headed the English Department of Macdonald College.