. 2 Feb. 1838 in England, daughter of Frederick William Beechey

BELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, militia officer, sportsman, farmer, and businessman; b

London, producing a beer based on a recipe from his native Yorkshire. The brewery flourished and in 1849 Thomas Carling passed the firm on to his sons William and John. The W. and J. Carling

, which offered a three-year course in classics, mathematics, science, and philosophy. One year later, he replaced Joshua H. Johnson as principal of the school. When it was transformed into Albert

had been lodged by William Ewart Gladstone’s government for advocating rent strikes in Ireland. On the day before the resolutions were to be introduced, in a move which recalled his action at the time

, such as Barré, Frank Bienkowski (known as Cyclops), Sébastien Miller, August W. Johnson, Otto Ronaldo, and Herman Smith. These encounters added nothing to Cyr’s well-established fame, except to

organizations. The report led to supplementary studies and to the initiation of the Dominion Experimental Farms system in 1886 [see William

JOHNSON, ANDREW HAY, farmer and orchardist; b. 26 July 1836 in Wolfville, N.S., youngest son of William Johnson and Hannah

” (ma thesis, Sir George Williams Univ. [Concordia Univ.], Montreal, 1974). B. C. Keller, “On tour with Pauline Johnson,” Beaver, 66 (1986–87), no.6: 19–25. Elizabeth

JOHNSON, LOUISA ANN (Brown; Bailey; Tillman), dressmaker, shopkeeper, and churchwoman; b. between

JOHNSON, WILLIAM, businessman, civil servant, and Sunday school superintendent; b

. 12 March 1876 in Halifax, eldest of the five sons of William Johnston, a shoemaker, and Elizabeth Ann Thomas; nephew of Louisa Ann

]). J. A. Johnson, Carmack of the Klondike (Seattle, Wash., and Ganges, B.C., 1990). William Ogilvie, Early days on the Yukon: & the story of its gold finds (Ottawa, 1913).

. From the moment he took up his duties, Landry made as effective use of patronage as had his predecessor, William Moore Kelly*, whose

and English throughout Canada. The South African War from 1899 to 1902 [see Sir Frederick William

MacKAY, WILLIAM, physician and politician; b

politician; b. 20 Sept. 1839 near Mabou Bridge, N.S., son of William MacKeen and

provincial general election, he won a seat for Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly, and Lieutenant Governor Joseph William Trutch* chose

nurturing as it grew and modernized in the period after the South African War [see Sir Frederick William