Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

HERBERT, MARY ELIZA  
15 July 2025  

d. in Halifax at her father’s home, Belle Aire, 15 July 1872

 
WHITE, AUBREY  
14 July 2025  

d. 14 July 1915 on Chief Island, Lake Muskoka, Ont.

 
FLEURY DESCHAMBAULT (Déchambault, D’echambault), JOSEPH  
13 July 2025  

d. 13 July 1784 at Montreal (Que.)

 
OSLER, Sir WILLIAM  
12 July 2025  

b. 12 July 1849 in Bond Head, Upper Canada

 
DÉNÉCHAUD, JACQUES  
11 July 2025  

b. 11 July 1728 in Saint-Savin, France

 
JONES, JOHN (Thayendanegea, Tyantenagen) (1798-1847)  
10 July 2025  

b. 10 July 1798 at the Humber River, Upper Canada

 
GOLDIE, THOMAS  
9 July 2025  

b. 9 July 1850 in Paterson, N.J.

 
COSTE, EUGENE MARIUS ANTOINE  
8 July 2025  

b. 8 July 1859 in Amherstburg, Upper Canada

 
MOLLEUR, LOUIS  
7 July 2025  

b. 7 July 1828 in L’Acadie, Lower Canada

 
CROW, NORTON HERVEY  
6 July 2025  

b. 6 July 1878 in Pelham Township, Ont.

 
MOIR, WILLIAM CHURCH  
5 July 2025  

d. 5 July 1896 in Halifax

 
DICKIE, MARGARET (Michener; McCulloch)  
4 July 2025  

b. 4 July 1827 in Half-Way River (Hantsport), N.S.