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d. 13 May 1885 at Bath and was buried at Trull, near Taunton, England
. 17 Sept. 1849 in Tyn-y-groes, Wales, second of the seven children of William Critchlow Harris and Sarah Stretch; m
schools for native children, and he cooperated with government agent William Morris Graham* in the development of an agricultural colony in
Campbell; Lucius Richard O’Brien*], but he also received his first commission for a commemorative monument in bronze. His
1846 in St John’s, son of William Lash and Margaret Fannon; m. in or before 1871 Elizabeth Ann Miller, and they had three sons and a
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM BLAKE, theatre manager; b. 23 Feb. 1870 in
Papineau* and later, in the era of the United Province of Canada, with William Lyon Mackenzie*. Keenly interested in history, he was one
classmate, William Osler, professor at McGill College, who persuaded him to study medicine. Mills entered the medical
Collegiate Institute. After working briefly for the architectural firm Darling and Curry, he switched to art and in January 1890 began studies with Toronto artist William Cruikshank. The following year he
bar on 4 Dec. 1869. Like Thomas, he moved easily into Toronto’s legal community and society. In 1871 he formed a partnership with his brother, Featherston Osler, and William Alexander
federal government, although early in 1915 William Pugsley*, a former minister in Laurier’s cabinet, insinuated that some money had found its way
regarded by chief factor William Joseph Christie* that in the spring of 1869 Christie offered him charge of a post. McDougall thought
of William McKeever, a grocer and butcher, and Bella Henderson; d
province for three years gathering evidence from natives and non-natives on the adequacy of reserves. McKenna reported regularly to Duncan Campbell
. 1 Nov. 1822 in Charlottetown, eldest of the 11 children of Thomas Owen and Ann Campbell; m
under the influence of William Leslie Hooper, head of the college’s new department of electrical engineering. In the summer of 1884, for instance, he worked as a consultant at a gold-mine in Virginia
Charles William Covernton for three years at Port Dover, Upper Canada, and in 1856 he enrolled in the medical faculty of McGill College in Montreal. After graduating in 1860 he returned to Port Dover, where
RAPHAEL, WILLIAM, artist, photographer, art teacher, anatomical illustrator, and art restorer; b
George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell], he was also a founder of