William S. Hoar, OC FRSC (August 31, 1913, Moncton NB – June 13, 2006, Vancouver BC) was a professor and head of department of zoology at the University of British Columbia.
A patient man who was very involved with his family, he was also very well known in the zoology world, and has a series of lectures named after him, that are given every year at UBC.
Prior to that, Hoar had already written other books on his family history, including "By Way of New England" and "Steeves and Colpitts: Pioneers of the Upper Petitcodiac".
His passion was for genealogy when he retired, but having had prior success as a well published zoology professor, he knew his way around book writing and editing.
Hoar met his wife Myra in an elevator one day, carrying rabbits in his hand for animal testing.