Near Iona Station in Elgin County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

John Kenneth Galbraith

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

1. John Kenneth Galbraith Marker

Inscription. John Kenneth Galbraith was born here October 15, 1908. Educated at the Ontario Agricultural College and the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1934. During World War II he administered price controls for the United States. Afterward he became the most celebrated economist-statesman of the age, whose classic works include The Great Crash, The Affluent Society, and The New Industrial State. An advisor to many Presidents and a leading advocate for peace, Galbraith served as US Ambassador to India under John F. Kennedy. He holds the Medal of Freedom and the Order of Canada.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Industry & Commerce • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 42° 40.658′ N, 81° 27.178′ W. Marker is near Iona Station, Ontario, in Elgin County. It is on Thomson Line 0.4 kilometers east of Willey Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 31243 Thomson Line, Iona Station ON N0L 1P0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Southwold: The remains of an indian village/Southwold: Les vestiges d’un village amérindien (approx. 7.3 kilometers away); Southwold Earthworks/Les Fortifications en Terre de Southwold (approx. 7.6 kilometers away); Raids on the Talbot Settlement, 1814 (approx. 7.9 kilometers away); St. Peter’s Church 1827 (approx. 7.9 kilometers away); Ellis Wellwood Sifton, V.C. (approx. 7.9 kilometers away); Burwell’s Corners (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Col. Mahlon Burwell (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Col. Thomas Talbot (approx. 8.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Iona Station.

Also see . . . The Harvard Gazette - John Kenneth Galbraith.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

2. John Kenneth Galbraith Marker

With the Inukshuk (centre) and dedication plaque (left)

Ken — as his friends all knew him — was born in 1908, in Iona Station, Ontario, a small Canadian farming community. He received a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry from Ontario Agricultural College, followed by master’s and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from Berkeley. In 1934 he came to Harvard as an Instructor in Economics, also becoming a U.S. citizen in 1937. At Harvard he quickly threw himself into research for the New Deal’s farm programs, and soon thereafter into the broader debates then revolutionizing economics.

(Submitted on August 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

John Kenneth Galbraith marker dedication Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

3. John Kenneth Galbraith marker dedication Plaque

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

4. John Kenneth Galbraith Marker

John Kenneth Galbraith image. Click for full size.

1931

5. John Kenneth Galbraith

Graduation photo from the Ontario Agricultural College, 1931 (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.