James Macdonald Oxley

James Macdonald Oxley
Born October 22, 1855
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died September 9, 1907
Occupation Lawyer, writer

James Macdonald Oxley (October 22, 1855 – September 9, 1907) was a Canadian lawyer and writer.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of the merchant James Black Oxley and Ellen Macdonald, James was educated at Halifax Grammar School,[1] then at Dalhousie University where he graduated with a B.A. in 1874, earning honors in mental and moral philosophy. During this time served as assistant editor for the Dalhousie Gazette.[2] He was called to the bar in 1874,[3] studied law at Harvard University in 1876–77, then was awarded a LL.B. from a Halifax University in 1878.[2]

He practiced the legal profession in Halifax for five years before joining the Ottawa Department of Marine and Fisheries as a legal adviser.[3] On June 10, 1880 he was married to Mary Morrow.[2] From 1880–83, in addition to his regular job, he worked as editor for the Nova Scotia Decisions. In 1882 he edited Admiralty Decisions.[3] Oxley was a reporter at the House of Assembly from 1881–83.[2] He became a manager for the Sun Life Assurance Company in 1891.[3] During his leisure moments,[2] he began writing a series of juvenile fiction books for boys. His works were based on historical events in Canada and the U.S., with a focus on travel and adventure.[4]

Bibliography

  • Bert Lloyd's boyhood[5] (1889)
  • Up among the ice-floes[5] (1890)
  • The chore boy of Camp Kippewa[5] (1891)
  • The wreckers of Sable Island[5] (1891)
  • Donald Grant's development[5] (1892)
  • Fergus McTavish[5] (1892)
  • Archie of Athabasca[5] (1893)
  • Diamond rock[6] (1893)
  • The good ship "Gryphon"[5] (1893)
  • My strange rescue, and other stories[5] (1894)
  • In the wilds of the west coast[5] (1894)
  • Baffling the blockade[6] (1894)
  • The boy tramps[5] (1896)
  • The romance of commerce[5] (1896)
  • On the world's roof[5] (1896)
  • The hero of Start Point[5] (1896)
  • In the swing of the sea[5] (1897)
  • Making his way[6] (1898)
  • Standing the test[5] (1898)
  • Fife and drum at Louisborg[5] (1899)
  • From rung to rung[5] (1900)
  • Terry's trials and triumphs[5] (1900)
  • L'hasa at last: a journey to the forbidden city of Tibet[5] (1900)
  • North overland with Franklin[5] (1901)
  • Norman's nugget[5] (1901)
  • Donalblame of Darien[5] (1902)
  • With Rogers on the frontier[5] (1902)
  • In paths of peril[5] (1903)

References

  1. ↑ Wallace, William Stewart (1940), The encyclopedia of Canada, 5, University associates of Canada, limited, p. 76.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Rose, George Maclean, ed. (1886), A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time, Toronto: Rose Publishing Company, pp. 784–785.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Gilman, Daniel Coit; Colby, Frank Moore; Peck, Harry Thurston; Williams, Talcott (1903), The new international encyclopædia, 13 (2nd ed.), New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, p. 538.
  4. ↑ Shortt, Adam; Doughty, Arthur George (1914), Canada and its provinces: a history of the Canadian people and their institutions by one hundred associates, 12, Toronto: Rose Publishing Company, p. 563.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Horning, Lewis Emerson; Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone (1904), A bibliography of Canadian fiction, Toronto: Stanford University Press, pp. 47–48.
  6. 1 2 3 Mabie, Hamilton Wright; Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert; Warner, George Henry (1904), Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern, Akron, Ohio: Stanford University Press, p. 613.

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