Research Life

Nelson King, FPS* Knockbolt CrescentToronto, Ontario, Canada, M1S 2P6Tel: 416-***-**** Fax: 416-293-8634E-Mail

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Personal

Born June 13, 1945 in Montreal, received his primary

education in Perth Ontario, and graduated from Banting Institute, University of Toronto,

1967. Married to Ellen, and has two children, Christopher, and Victoria. Nelson is the

Editor of The Philalethes Society Journal of Masonic Research and Letters, the first

non-American to hold this position. Nelson is a well known Masonic speaker, having spoken

in the jurisdictions of California, Costa Rica, Cuba, The District of Columbia,

Iowa, Kansas,

Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio,

Oklahoma, Ontario,

Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Nelson developed the highly successful Internet Masonic

Leadership Course. He is one of the few Canadian Freemasons, listed in latest Edition of

the "Who is Who of Freemasonry."

Masonically

Birch Cliff Lodge No. 612 GRC Scarborough. Served as

Master in 1990.

Member True Briton's Lodge No. 14 GRC. Perth Ontario

Member Orient Lodge No. 339 GRC [Honorary Life]

Member Rani Ghar Grotto

Member King Solomon's Chapter R.A.M. No. 8 GRC.

Member of Toronto Valley, Lodges of Perfection and Rose Croix

A.A.S.R. [Life]

Member of Moore Sovereign Consistory A.A.S.R. Hamilton [Life]

Member York Council No. 133 Allied Masonic Degrees of the

United States of America [Sovereign Master 1996]

Member of the Following Research Lodges or Societies

Allen E. Roberts Chapter The Philalethes, Boston,

Massachusetts [Charter Member]

American Lodge of Research, Grand Lodge of New York

Civil War Lodge of Research No. 1865, [Charter Member] Grand

Lodge of Virginia

Cornerstone Computer Chapter, The Philalethes on CompuServe

[President 1993-1995]

Heritage Lodge No. 730 GRC. [Life]

Illinois Lodge of Research, Grand Lodge of Illinois

Iowa Research Lodge No. 2. Grand Lodge of Iowa

[Hon. Life]

John Ross Robertson Chapter, The Philalethes, Toronto Ontario

[Life]

Cercle de Grasse Tilly, The Philalethes, Paris France

[Hon. Life]

Leicester Lodge of Research No. 2429, United Grand Lodge of

England

Manchester Lodge of Research, United Grand Lodge of England

Missouri Lodge of Research, Grand Lodge of Missouri

Northern California Lodge of Research, Grand Lodge of

California

Habonim Chapter The Philalethes, San Francisco, California

[Charter Member]

Oklahoma Lodge of Research, Grand Lodge of Oklahoma

Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, United Grand Lodge of

England [Correspondence Circle]

Scottish Rite Research Society, AASR, Southern Jurisdiction

South Carolina Masonic Research Society, Grand Lodge of South

Carolina

Southern California Research Lodge, Grand Lodge of California

The Philalethes Society [Life] [Fellow]

The Phylaxis Society [The Prince Hall Freemasons Research

Society] [Life] [Fellow]

Prometheus Chapter The Philalethes, Thessaloniki,

Greece [Honorary Member]

Victoria Lodge of Education and Research, Grand Lodge of

British Columbia

Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777, Grand Lodge of Virginia

Masonic Honors & Awards

September 1992 Elected member of The Masonic Brotherhood of

the Blue Forget-Me-Not, an international Masonic Educators and Writers Society

October 1993 Elected a Fellow of The Philalethes Society

February 1994 Recipient of The Philalethes Society

Distinguished Service Medal

February 1995 Recipient of the 1994 Certificate of

Literature, Washington DC

February 1996 Elected to Board of Directors Masonic

Leadership Center at The George Washington Masonic National Memorial. Alexandria, Virginia

April 1997 Appointed to the Board of Directors of The Masonic

Brotherhood of the Blue Forget-Me-Not

March 1998 Elected a Fellow of The Phylaxis Society

March 1999 - Jerry Marsengill Lecturer, The

Iowa Lodge of Research No. 2, Grand Lodge of Iowa

November 1999 - The William James Dunlop Award,

The Heritage Lodge No. 730, Grand Lodge of Canada, in the Province of

Ontario

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