Robert Finch

Robert Finch (1900-1995), scholar, poet, painter, musician, and theatrical director, was professor of French in University College, University of Toronto. His poetry won the Governor-General's award twice, in 1946 an 1961. He received the Lrne Pierce medal in 1968. Among his other books are The Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760, Acis in Oxford (both published by the University of Toronto Press), and Silverthorn Bush (1966).