Editing Northrop Frye (section)

===Early life and education===
Born in [[Sherbrooke]], [[Quebec]], but raised in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]], Frye was the third child of Herman Edward Frye and of Catherine Maud Howard.<ref name = Guide>University of Toronto. [http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/special/F11fryefonds.htm Guide to the Northrop Frye papers]. Victoria University Library Special Collections (F 11) Northrop Frye fonds. Retrieved on: November 30, 2008.</ref> His much older brother, Howard, died in World War I; he also had a sister, Vera.<ref>[http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/nble/f/frye_herman_northrop.html Herman Northrop Frye] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723040742/http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/nble/f/frye_herman_northrop.html |date=2017-07-23 }}. New Brunswick literary Encyclopedia.</ref>  His first cousin was the scientist [[Alma Howard]]. Frye went to Toronto to compete in a national typing contest in 1929.<ref name = CE>Ayre, J. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/northrop-frye/ "Frye, Herman Northrop"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Historica Foundation.</ref>  He studied for his undergraduate degree in philosophy at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College in the University of Toronto]], where he edited the college literary journal, ''[[Acta Victoriana]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://actavictoriana.ca/ |title= Acta victoriana}}</ref>  He then studied theology at [[Emmanuel College, Toronto|Emmanuel College]] (like Victoria College, a constituent part of the University of Toronto). After a brief stint as a student minister in [[Saskatchewan]], he was ordained to the ministry of the [[United Church of Canada]]. He then studied at [[Merton College, Oxford]],<ref name="MCreg">{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900–1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=274}}</ref> where he was a member and Secretary of the [[Bodley Club]]<ref>{{cite book |title = Diaries |first = Northrop |last = Frye |editor-first = Robert D. |editor-last = Denham |year = 2001 |publisher = University of Toronto Press |isbn = 0-8020-3538-8 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/diariesofnorthro0000frye }}</ref> before returning to Victoria College, where he spent the remainder of his professional career.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}