Nelson King, FPS

2 Knockbolt Crescent
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M1S 2P6
Tel: 416-293-8071 § Fax: 416-293-8634
E-Mail nking@freemasonry.org

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-United States Citizen  to hold this position. He is also only the second Mason to ever hold the position of President and Editor of The Philalethes at the same time. 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, North Carolina, 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]
Scarborough Chapter R.A.M. 
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]
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]
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 [Fellow]

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
February 2000 - Installed as President The Philalethes Society
March 2000 - The Prince Hall Civil Rights Activist Award
March 2000 - 27th Phylaxis Society Anniversary Award presented to Nelson King and The Philalethes Society.
April 2000 - Grand Master's Leadership Award 1999 - 2000, Grand Lodge of North Carolina
June 2000 - Elected a Fellow of Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777 Grand Lodge of Virginia 

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