Biography of the Day

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

 

GRAY, ROBERT (1755-1806)  
10 May 2015  

b. 10 May 1755 in Tiverton, R.I.

 
BEGBIE, Sir MATTHEW BAILLIE  
9 May 2015  

b. 9 May 1819, probably on a British ship at the Cape of Good Hope

 
NORQUAY, JOHN  
8 May 2015  

b. 8 May 1841 near St Andrews (Man.)

 
VIGER, JACQUES  
7 May 2015  

b. 7 May 1787 in Montreal

 
MONK, JAMES  
6 May 2015  

d. 6 May 1768 at Halifax, Nova Scotia

 
JACK, DAVID RUSSELL  
5 May 2015  

b. 5 May 1864 in Saint John

 
MORRISON, JOSEPH WANTON  
4 May 2015  

b. 4 May 1783 in New York City

 
SIMON DE LONGPRÉ, MARIE-CATHERINE DE, <em>dite</em> de Saint-Augustin  
3 May 2015  

b. 3 May 1632 at Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Lower Normandy)

 
GALT, JOHN  
2 May 2015  

b. 2 May 1779 in Irvine, Scotland

 
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)  
1 May 2015  

b. 1 May 1831 in Norwich Township, Upper Canada

 
HAVILAND, THOMAS HEATH (d. 1867)  
30 Apr. 2015  

b. 30 April 1795 or 1796 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

 
MURDOCH, GEORGE  
29 Apr. 2015  

b. 29 April 1850 in Paisley, Scotland