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Advertisement Charles William Gordon Encyclopedia Article Find Print E-mail Blog It Charles William Gordon (1860-1937), Canadian clergyman and author, who wrote internationally best-selling works of popular fiction under the pseudonym Ralph Connor. Gordon, the son of a Presbyterian minister, was born in the pioneer area of Glengarry County, Canada West (now Ontario). After earning bachelorâs degrees at the University of Toronto in 1883 and Knox College in Toronto in 1887, he studied theology for a year at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Gordon was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1890 and served for three years as a missionary in the vicinity of Banff, Alberta. In 1894 he took up a ministry at Saint Stephenâs Church on the outskirts of Winnipeg, Manitoba. His work at Saint Stephenâs was Gordonâs primary vocation for the rest of his life. However, his church work was interrupted by other jobs. During World War I (1914-1918) he served as a chaplain in the Canadian forces and undertook a lecture tour of the United States in 1917 to encourage the United States to enter the war. From 1920 to 1924 Gordon chaired the Manitoba Council of Industry, a body formed to mediate labor disputes in the wake of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. From 1921 to 1922 he served as moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. | |
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