TRYGGVI J. OLESON was born in Glenboro, Manitoba. He received his M.A. in Classics from the University of Manitoba and his Ph.D. in Mediaeval History from the University of Toronto. He has taught History at the University of Bitish Columbia, United College, and the Unviersity of Manitoba, where he is Associate Professor of History. Professor Oleson is the Editor of Volumes IV-V of Saga Islandinga i Vesturheimi (History of the Icelanders int he Western Hemisphere).