Alfred Bailey
| Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 18, 1905 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 21, 1997 (aged 92) Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Occupation | professor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Alma mater | U of New Brunswick, U of Toronto |
| Notable works | Miramichi Lightning: Collected Poems |
| Notable awards | FRSC, Order of Canada |
| Relatives | Loring Woart Bailey, grandfather |
Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, OC FRSC (March 18, 1905 – April 21, 1997) was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Professor Loring Woart Bailey Jr. and Ernestine Valiant (Gale) Bailey, he received his BA degree in 1927 from the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He was editor of The High School of Quebec Magazine while in high school, and verse editor of The Brunswickian at UNB, and contributed poetry to both magazines.
Bailey then attended the University of Toronto, where he earned his MA in 1929. There he became friends with Earle Birney, Roy Daniells, and Robert Finch, and was introduced to the poetry of T.S. Eliot.
After graduating, Bailey worked as a reporter for the Toronto Mail and Empire. He returned to the University of Toronto to receive his Ph.D in 1934. He then spent a year on a Royal Society of Canada fellowship studying at the London School of Economics, where he was introduced to "leftist politics" and the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
From 1935 to 1938, he worked as assistant director and associate curator at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick.
In 1938, the president of UNB offered to make Bailey the head of a new Department of History if he could talk the provincial government into granting sufficient funding for it. Bailey was successful, and served as head of the new department for 30 years, until 1969.
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