# Henry Scadding > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Scadding > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Scadding.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Scadding > Source revision: 1355610132 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The Reverend Henry Scadding Scadding in 1897 Born (1813-07-29)July 29, 1813 Dunkeswell, Devon, England Died May 6, 1901(1901-05-06) (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Occupations Anglican clergyman and writer Father John Scadding **Henry Scadding** (July 29, 1813 – May 6, 1901) was a Canadian writer and [Anglican](/source/Anglican) clergyman. ## Life and career Scadding was born at [Dunkeswell](/source/Dunkeswell) in Devon, England, and he immigrated to [York, Upper Canada](/source/York%2C_Upper_Canada) (now [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario) in 1821 with his parents, [John Scadding](/source/John_Scadding) and Melicent Triggs. He was educated at [Upper Canada College](/source/Upper_Canada_College) and then attended [St. John's College](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge) at [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), England, from which he graduated in 1837.[1] Scadding was the first boy enrolled at Upper Canada College and now has a Day Boy House named after him there, called [Scadding's](/source/Scadding's). In 1838, he was appointed to a [tutorship](/source/Tutor) at Upper Canada College and was [ordained](/source/Ordained) a priest of the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England). On August 14, 1841, he married Harriet Eugenia Baldwin (d. 1843) and they had one daughter, Henrietta Millicent Scadding (June 1, 1842 – 1926). In 1847, Scadding became the [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of the [Church of the Holy Trinity](/source/Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity_(Toronto)) in Toronto, a post he held until 1875. He was also a canon of [St. James' Cathedral](/source/St._James'_Cathedral_(Toronto)) in Toronto. Scadding wrote many books, including the *Memorial of the Reverend William Honywood Riply* (1849), *Shakespeare the Seer—the Interpreter* (1864), *Truth's Resurrection* (1865), *Christian Pantheism* (1865), *Toronto of Old* (1873),[2] *The Four Decades of York, Upper Canada* (1884) and *A History of the Old French Fort at Toronto* (1887). In his writings, Scadding was principally interested in history and religious themes. He also edited the *Canadian Journal of Science, Literature, and History* from 1868 to 1878. Scadding was a co-founder and the first president of the [York Pioneers](/source/York_Pioneers), a Toronto-based [historical society](/source/Historical_society) that preserved [Scadding Cabin](/source/Scadding_Cabin), which had been built by his father in the early days of the town of York. ## Works Building Year Completed Builder Style Source Location Image Henry Scadding House 1862 Henry Scadding 6 Trinity Square, Toronto ## See also - [List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto](/source/List_of_oldest_buildings_and_structures_in_Toronto) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Scadding, Henry (SCDN833H)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=SCDN833H&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-torontoist2016-07-07_2-0)** Erin Sylvester (2016-07-07). ["Meet One of Toronto's First Historians"](https://torontoist.com/2016/07/meet-one-of-torontos-first-historians-henry-scadding/). *[Torontoist](/source/Torontoist)*. Retrieved 2020-04-30. His best known book is Toronto of Old (1873), which discusses the history of European contact and settlement in Toronto, starting with the French in the 17th century. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Henry Scadding](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Henry_Scadding). Archives at Location University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services Identifiers MS COLL 00011 Source Henry Scadding papers How to use archival material - [Works by Henry Scadding](https://fadedpage.com/csearch.php?author=Scadding%2C%20Henry%2C%20Rev) at [Faded Page](/source/Distributed_Proofreaders_Canada) (Canada) - [Works by Henry Scadding](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37540) at [Project Gutenberg](/source/Project_Gutenberg) - [Works by or about Henry Scadding](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Scadding%2C%20Henry%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Henry%20Scadding%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Scadding%2C%20Henry%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Henry%20Scadding%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Scadding%2C%20H%2E%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Henry%20Scadding%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Scadding%2C%20Henry%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Henry%20Scadding%22%29%20OR%20%28%221813-1901%22%20AND%20Scadding%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) - ["Henry Scadding"](https://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7055). *[Dictionary of Canadian Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography)* (online ed.). [University of Toronto Press](/source/University_of_Toronto_Press). 1979–2016. - [Bibliographic directory](http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/hscadding/) from [Project Canterbury](/source/Project_Canterbury) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat National United States Israel Other Open Library SNAC Yale LUX This Canadian clergy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canada-Christian-clergy-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ACanada-Christian-clergy-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Canada-Christian-clergy-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Henry Scadding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Scadding) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Scadding?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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