Biography of the Day

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

 

ANTROBUS, EDMUND WILLIAM ROMER  
31 Oct. 2018  

d. 31 Oct. 1852 at Quebec

 
DUBOIS, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, named Brother Aphraates  
30 Oct. 2018  

b. 30 Oct. 1822 in Coullemelle, diocese of Amiens, France

 
DRUMMOND, ROBERT (1840-1925)  
29 Oct. 2018  

b. 29 Oct. 1840 in Greenock, Scotland

 
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)  
28 Oct. 2018  

b. 28 Oct. 1599 at Tours (France)

 
McLEAN, WILLIAM JAMES (Big Bear)  
27 Oct. 2018  

b. 27 Oct. 1841 on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland

 
HANBURY, DAVID THEOPHILUS  
26 Oct. 2018  

d. 26 Oct. 1910 in San Francisco

 
ARMOUR, REBECCA AGATHA (Thompson)  
25 Oct. 2018  

b. 25 Oct. 1845 in Fredericton

 
BOURINOT, Sir JOHN GEORGE  
24 Oct. 2018  

b. 24 Oct. 1836 in Sydney, N.S.

 
CALEFF (Calef), JOHN  
23 Oct. 2018  

d. 23 Oct. 1812 in St Andrews, N.B.

 
WHITNEY, HENRY MELVILLE  
22 Oct. 2018  

b. 22 Oct. 1839 in Conway, Mass.

 
COMINGO (Comingoe), BRUIN ROMKES (Mr Brown)  
21 Oct. 2018  

b. 21 Oct. 1723, probably in Groningen, Netherlands

 
McQUESTEN, CALVIN  
20 Oct. 2018  

d. 20 Oct. 1885 at Hamilton, Ont.