Nelson King, FPS2 Knockbolt CrescentToronto, Ontario, Canada, M1S 2P6Tel: 416-293-8071 § Fax: 416-293-8634E-Mail nking@freemasonry.org |
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Nelson King, FPS2 Knockbolt CrescentToronto, Ontario, Canada, M1S 2P6Tel: 416-293-8071 § Fax: 416-293-8634E-Mail nking@freemasonry.org |
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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."
 | 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]
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| 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
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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 |
