Love, Ronald S(cott) 1955-

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LOVE, Ronald S(cott) 1955-

PERSONAL: Born January 2, 1955, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; son of William N. and Eugenie (Alston) Love. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Alberta, B.A. (with honors), 1977, M.A., 1979; University of Southern California, M.A., 1982, Ph.D., 1987.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118.

CAREER: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Isaac Walton Killam fellow, 1988-90; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, instructor and Canada research fellow, 1990-99; State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, associate professor of history, 1999—.

MEMBER: French Colonial Historical Society, Historical Society, Siam Society, Hakluyt Society, Western Society for French History (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta.

AWARDS, HONORS: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada fellow.

WRITINGS:

Blood and Religion: The Conscience of Henri IV,1553-1593, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2002.

(Editor with Glenn J. Ames) Distant Lands andDiverse Cultures: The French Experience in Asia, 1600-1700, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2003.

SaskTel: The Biography of a Crown Corporation and the Development of Telecommunications in Saskatchewan, SaskTel (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), 2003, published as Dreaming Big: A History of SaskTel, 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Catholic Historical Review, January, 2002, Frederic J. Baumgartner, review of Blood and Religion: The Conscience of Henri IV, 1553-1593, p. 126.

Choice, February, 2002, J. Harrie, review of Blood and Religion, p. 1110.

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