Frank Underhill, born in Stouffville, Ontario, was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford in which he was a member of the Fabian Society.
10 Facts About Frank Underhill
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Frank Underhill was influenced by social and political critics such as George Bernard Shaw and Goldwin Smith.
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Frank Underhill taught history at the University of Saskatchewan from 1914 until 1927 with a long interruption during World War I during which he served as an officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment of the British Army on the Western Front.
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Frank Underhill taught from 1927 until 1955 at the University of Toronto.
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Frank Underhill left the University of Toronto due to a dispute with the administration and later joined the faculty at Carleton University.
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Frank Underhill was a founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and helped write its Regina Manifesto in 1933.
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Frank Underhill joined the editorial staff of the leftist Canadian Forum in 1927 in which he wrote a column of political commentary called "O Canada" from 1929 and served for a time as chair of that journal's editorial board.
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Frank Underhill remained a committed anti-imperialist and was almost dismissed from the University of Toronto in 1941 for suggesting that Canada would drift away from the British Empire and draw closer to the United States.
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Frank Underhill was a strong supporter of the United States during the Cold War.
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Frank Underhill became a supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada, particularly once his long-time friend Lester Pearson joined the government.