, University of Halifax (which would ultimately fail in 1881). It also awarded, in 1875, a degree of bachelor of science and English literature to Grace Annie Lockhart, who thus became the first woman in the
school for a short time and was taught English by the Irish curé of the parish. At the age of 14 he went to Quebec; there he learned the trade of
cents for a two- or three-hour lesson. Enrolment in these courses, which were given mainly in French, but sometimes in English, would continue to increase until 1914–15, when it reached 906. From 1910
visit to Edinburgh the following year, he was introduced to Eliza Symonds, an English miniature painter ten years his senior. In a memoir written for his grandchildren he recalled that “it was not exactly
Fielding spoke no French and the French negotiators spoke no English. This mission was successful; it marked a decisive step forward in trade relations between Canada and foreign countries. In August
primarily by English capital, assisted by subsidies of $10,000 each for 20 years from
Laval, sent him to Rome to study at the Roman College (Pontifical Gregorian University), along with the brothers Louis-Honoré and Benjamin
support of English-Canadian nationalism and believed in the importance of the country’s ties to Britain and its membership in the empire. But unlike other imperialists active in the historical movement
with W. D. Reid, Henry Melville Whitney of Boston, and Benjamin
excellence in history, geography, French, and English (which he had learned as a child), and graduated in
*]. Traffic, which began in January 1905, was intensified by mining booms at Cobalt, Porcupine, and Kirkland Lake [see Benjamin Hollinger
coal industry’s capacity for further growth and its implications for public revenue, Fielding, through the mediation of Benjamin Franklin
GOHIER, ÉDOUARD (baptized Benjamin-Édouard), businessman, politician, and philanthropist; b. 27
English. They were steeped in the family’s mercantile tradition and imbued with a sense of adventure which was tempered only by the inherent social conservatism of their class. The Hespelers believed not
in education: school attendance became compulsory, English was made the sole language of instruction in public schools, and the government took greater control over, and provided more money for, the
1879 Royal presented Norquay with an ultimatum: he must obtain a majority among the English or lose the support of the French. At the same time, La
supporters against the government. The Liberals in Division No.3 in Montreal met to reaffirm the nomination of the incumbent, Henri-Benjamin Rainville, the bête noire
thought to have won a prize for English literature. She adored the French language, but also mastered English, which she would sometimes use in her private diary and in public lectures. Arthur
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