William D. Irvine (1944 – 14 May 2021) was a Canadian historian who was Professor Emeritus of History at York University.
Irvine was born in 1944 in British Columbia, Canada.
[1] Irvine began his teaching career at York University in 1971 at the Glendon campus before moving to the Keele campus where he taught until his retirement in 2011.
[1] As an author, he has largely been collected by libraries.
[2] Irvine died on May 14, 2021, after a battle with cancer.