J. M. S. Careless
J. M. S. Careless was born on February 17, 1919. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About J. M. S. Careless
James Maurice Stockford Careless (February 17, 1919 – April 6, 2009) was a Canadian historian. He taught history at the University of Toronto for 39 years, from 1945 until his retirement in 1984, and served as Chairman of the History Department from 1959 to 1967. He was known for his work in Canadian history, particularly his elaboration of the metropolitan-hinterland thesis and his studies on urban history. He twice won the Governor General's Awards for English-language non-fiction books for Canada: A Story of Challenge (1953) and his biography Brown of the Globe (1963).