Robie Lewis Reid

Robie Lewis Reid (1866 1945), often referred to as

Robie Reid, was a noted historian and jurist in British
Columbia, Canada. Reid wrote many books and essays
on the history of British Columbia, but his special interest was the study of the works of Rudyard Kipling.
Another special eld of interest was thet coins of early
British Columbia, concerning which he remains one of
the main authorities.

Judge Howay just to the northeast was named for his

colleague F.W. Howay.
The Howay-Reid Collection at the University of
British Columbia was founded by Reids donation
of his personal book collection of 9,000 books,
over 4,000 pamphlets, and a collection of assorted
other media, including maps, photographs, correspondences, plus 50,000 le cards naming books
he had been searching for. At the time of its creation this was the largest collection of Canadiana
anywhere in the country.

Biography

Reid was born in Cornwallis Township,Kings County,

Nova Scotia, in the community of Steam Mill Village on
November 3, 1866 but ventured to British Columbia in
1885 to Victoria, British Columbia in 1885 to write the
provincial teachers examination. During this experience
he met Frederic W. Howay, with whom he established
a personal and professional relationship that lasted sixty
years. Reid persuaded Howay to return to Nova Scotia with him to register for Law at Dalhousie University,
from which they graduated together in 1890 and in 1893
formed the lawrm Howay & Reid. Reid was appointed
debenture commissioner for New Westminster after that
citys Great Fire in 1898.

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Biography from University of BC Special Collections website

In 1907 Reid joined William J. Bowser, then AttorneyGeneral of British Columbia and later Premier, and D.S.
Wallbridge to form Bowser, Reid & Wallbridge. From
1927 to 1943 Reid was a Bencher of the Law Society of
British Columbia. Reid was also a member of the UBC
board of governors from 1913 to 1935, and President of
the British Columbia Historical Association in 1937, and
is credited with the founding of the British Columbia Historical Quarterly. He was made a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada in 1936, and was also a Member of
the American Historical Association, Washington.
Dr. Reids interests in literature and the arts are also well
documented. He was the rst President of the Vancouver
Little Theatre Association, and a member and chairman
of the Board of the Vancouver Public Library.
He died on February 6, 1945 of failing health.

Legacy
Mount Robie Reid to the north of the Maple Ridge
and Mission, British Columbia, near the Golden
Ears, was named in commemoration of Reid, Mount
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