Trumpour, Harry Ralph

  • From “The Loyalists – Pioneers and Settlers of the West”: See full biography at UELAC Biography: https://uelac.org/education/WesternResource/420-Trumpour.pdf
    • Harry Ralph Trumpour was born in Napanee, Ontario, on September 16, 1879, to Samuel Dorland Trumpour and Mary (Losee). He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1900 with first class honours in classics. Four years later he obtained his Master of Arts degree and was appointed tutor in Toronto’s Wycliffe College, where he earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree. During this time he was also curate of the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto and ordained as a Priest in 1906. His knowledge of New Testament Greek was profound and there were few who were his equal as a student of the writings of the early Christian church. From 1906 to 1908 he was headmaster of Rothesay Boys’ College in New Brunswick, following which he served as Rector of All Saints’ Church in Peterborough, Ontario, until 1911.
    • After marrying Helen Frink of Saint John, New Brunswick, they relocated to Vancouver where he became Professor of New Testament in the newly formed Latimer Hall. Later he held the same post in the Anglican Theological College and in 1936 became its Principal. He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from both the Union College of British Columbia and Wycliffe College in Toronto.
    • Not content as merely an academic, in 1912 he established St. Helen’s Church in West Point Grey and was appointed its rector. An active parish visitor, Dr. Trumpour usually succeeded in visiting each family in his growing parish at least once a year, dividing his time equally between parish and college.
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=8522
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176060452/harry-ralph-trumpour