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Edward Burness Paul MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER, 1910 - 1911 Grand Lodge BC & Yukon photo. January 17, 1856 - December 10, 1937 Dr. Edward Burness Paul was born at Banchory, Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and educated at in the University of Aberdeen. He was a private tutor in England in 1870. In that year he was sent to Japan, as a member of the British Consular Service under Sir Henry Parkes, where he remained until 1879, when he returned to England. He was teaching until 1885, when he came to British Columbia and taught for a short time at Lillooet and then became principal of the High School at Nanaimo, but left there for Esquimalt in November 1889. In 1892 he became head of the Victoria High School. In 1908 he became Municipal Superintendent of Schools for Victoria. When Victoria College was established in 1921 he became its first Principal, and retired from that position in 1926. In 1924 he received the degree of LL.D. from his Alma Mater the University of Aberdeen, and in 1932 from the University of British Columbia. Robie L. Reid said of him, "It has been said of him by those who knew him best, that few in all of the Dominion of Canada could equal him in his knowledge of Masonic lore." In 1929, MW Bro. Paul gave a notable address entitled The Globes. Vancouver and Quadra Lodge, No. 2 Initiated: April 28, 1897 Worshipful Master: 1901-1902 DDGM, District 1: 1903-1904 Source: G.L. Rept. 1938, p. 187, Robie L. Reid, Historical Notes..., p. 278.

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