William Cyril Desmond Pacey, FRSC (May 1, 1917 – July 4, 1975), was a pioneer of Canadian literary criticism.
After his father was killed during the First World War, Pacey and his mother moved to England; in 1931, Mary married a Canadian farmer, and the family emigrated to Ontario, Canada.
[3] As an undergraduate, Pacey attended the University of Toronto, where he earned a degree in English and Philosophy.
[5] Pacey published important work on Frederick Philip Grove, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, and Ethel Wilson, among others.
He worked as a contributing editor for Carl Klinck's landmark Literary History of Canada.