Burwash was a managing editor of The Canadian Methodist Review
In 1866, he was appointed professor of natural history and geology at Victoria College.[citation needed] In 1873 he became dean of theology there, and in 1887, he became chancellor and president of Victoria University, the new name of Victoria College, while retaining the deanship until 1900.[5] He participated in the discussions which led to Victoria College's relocation from Cobourg to Toronto and its federation with the University of Toronto.[1] He retired the university chancellorship and presidency in 1913, but continued to teach theology until his death.[6]
He was elected president of the Methodist Church's Bay of Quinte conference in 1989[3] and was a participant at each general conference of the Methodist Church from 1874 to 1894. He wrote several books,[citation needed] including a biography of Egerton Ryerson.[7]
Burwash, N. Wesley's doctrinal standards, published by W. Briggs and C.W. Coates circa 1881.
Burwash, N. The history of Victoria College Toronto : Victoria College Press, 1927. (published after Burwash's death) xviii, 571 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Burwash, N. and Reynar, A. H. (Alfred Henry). Egerton Ryerson Parkman ed. Toronto : Morang, 1906. 303 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
Burwash, Nathanael (1910) [1903]. Egerton Ryerson. The Makers of Canada. Vol. 13. Toronto: Morang &Co. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Lamb, J. William (1990). Bridging the Years: A History of Bridge Street United/Methodist Church, Belleville, 1815–1990. Winfield, British Columbia: Wood Lake Books. ISBN978-0-929032-25-2.
Semple, Neil (2013) [2007]. "Nathanael Burwash". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Historica Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Van Die, Marguerite (1989). An Evangelical Mind: Nathanael Burwash and the Methodist Tradition in Canada, 1839–1918. McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. Vol. 3. Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN978-0-7735-0695-4. ISSN1181-7445.
——— (1998). "Burwash, Nathanael". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 14. Toronto: University of Toronto and Université Laval. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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