97th Foot, grew up in a family dedicated to hunting and field sports. At 17 he was a subaltern in the Norfolk militia artillery and two years later
scientists visited their home and as a youth he joined his father and brothers in botanical and geological field observations. He was educated at schools in Maryland and Rhode Island before entering Harvard
BARKER, WILLIAM HENRY, businessman; b. 24 June 1853 in Manchester
1845; a daughter, Louisa, was born in 1847, followed by two sons, George and William. In a move typical of his venturing spirit, Jacob suggested relocating his company closer to the projected line of the
B. To carry on with his experiments during the evenings and nights, he rented space for a laboratory in the attic of his electric equipment supplier, Charles Williams, whose shop at 109
.
In 1898 Blain returned to the Collège de Saint-Boniface as prefect of studies and teacher of natural science and mathematics. His competence in these fields was recognized and appreciated by the
, received the authority to send two ministers – William Stevens
to found (an earlier endeavour by Niagara resident and historian William Kirby* had
vigorous voice for Liberalism in the province, and he was for a time a principal shareholder in the Carleton Observer as well. For several years he served in the 10th (Woodstock) Field Battery of
February 1863 he entered into partnership with William Henry Beatty*, who by the turn of the century would use his marital connection to the
, such as Frederick William Field of the Monetary Times (Toronto), took the precaution of having Chambers screen letters. Heartily endorsed by the chief censor were innocuous selections such as
Asylum in Portsmouth (Kingston). Upset by asylum politics, he decided to resign but when Rockwood’s medical superintendent, Clarke’s brother-in-law William George
COLLISON, WILLIAM HENRY, Church of England missionary and clergyman; b. 12
shifts on duty at the college dispensary. Pathologic and microscopic demonstrations by Dr William
June 1850 in Halifax, eldest son of William Hudson Creighton and Anna Fairbanks; cousin of folklorist Mary Helen
*, and William Joseph O’Connor*), and team sports such as
