John Saywell

Who was John Saywell?

John Tupper Saywell was a Canadian historian specializing in the fields of politics and constitution.

Born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Saywell received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He taught at the University of Toronto from 1954 to 1962. He joined York University in 1963 and was Dean of Arts at York from 1963 to 1973. Saywell retired from all teaching responsibility at York University in 1999. He wrote 13 books. His last, "Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion, 1960-1973," was published in 2008.