Biography of the Day

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

 

LA FOREST, MARC-ANTOINE DE  
22 June 2017  

d. 22 June 1738 at Louisbourg

 
KOYAH (Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer)  
21 June 2017  

probably d. 21 June 1795

 
WORTS, JAMES GOODERHAM  
20 June 2017  

d. 20 June 1882 at Toronto, Ont.

 
LÉGER DE LAGRANGE, JEAN  
19 June 2017  

b. 19 June 1663 (n.s.)

 
SMITH, WILLIAM (1728-93)  
18 June 2017  

b. 18 June 1728 in New York City

 
BISSOT DE VINSENNE (Vincennes), FRANÇOIS-MARIE  
17 June 2017  

b. 17 June 1700 in Montreal

 
MEIGHEN, ARTHUR  
16 June 2017  

b. 16 June 1874 near Anderson, Ont.

 
MARRANT, JOHN  
15 June 2017  

b. 15 June 1755 in New York

 
McLEAN, RENA MAUDE  
14 June 2017  

b. 14 June 1879 in Souris, P.E.I.

 
ALEXANDER, CHARLES  
13 June 2017  

b. 13 June 1816 in Dundee, Scotland

 
AUBIN, NAPOLÉON (baptized Aimé-Nicolas)  
12 June 2017  

d. 12 June 1890 at Montreal, Que.

 
CROZIER, LIEF (Leif) NEWRY FITZROY (L. N. F. Crozier)  
11 June 2017  

b. 11 June 1846, probably in Newry (Northern Ireland)