Donald E. Graves is a Canadian historian specializing in modern military history, especially the War of 1812. On his mother's side Graves comes from an old Loyalist family in Hamilton, Ontario. His father was an executive and his mother a poet and artist. He was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and at Carleton University, where he took an MA in history. He has worked as a historian for Parks Canada, Canada's National Historic Sites Service, the National Archives of Canada and the National Defence Directorate of History, where he authored several studies on Canada in the Second World War. After taking early retirement he became a full time author of history books. He is currently the managing director of the Ensign Heritage Group. He served briefly in the Canadian Army reserve. He has been a historical consultant for American and Canadian filmmakers on the War of 1812. Graves lives with his author wife, Dianne, in eastern Ontario. His work has been widely praised. A review by Jon Latimer in Times Literary Supplement declared: "Donald E. Graves is probably Canada's foremost military historian." [More at Wikipedia]

February 14th, 1949 in (Age 75)