Biography of the Day

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

 

BLANSHARD, RICHARD  
19 Oct. 2016  

b. 19 Oct. 1817 in London, England

 
LOYARD, JEAN-BAPTISTE  
18 Oct. 2016  

b. 18 Oct. 1678 at Pau

 
NELLES, SAMUEL SOBIESKI  
17 Oct. 2016  

b. 17 Oct. 1823 at Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada; d. 17 Oct. 1887 at Cobourg, Ont.

 
ARSENAULT, JOSEPH-OCTAVE (1866-1918)  
16 Oct. 2016  

b. 16 Oct. 1866 in what is now Urbainville, P.E.I.

 
MERCIER, HONORÉ (1840-94)  
15 Oct. 2016  

b. 15 Oct. 1840 in Saint-Athanase (lberville), Lower Canada

 
MAUNSELL, EDWARD HERBERT  
14 Oct. 2016  

b. 14 Oct. 1855 in Ballywilliam, County Limerick (Republic of Ireland)

 
WALKER, WILLIAM (d. 1792)  
13 Oct. 2016  

d. 13 Oct. 1792 at South Branch House (near Duck Lake, Sask.)

 
HÉMON, LOUIS (Louis-Prosper-Félix)  
12 Oct. 2016  

b. 12 Oct. 1880 in Brest, France

 
DRUMMOND, Sir GEORGE ALEXANDER  
11 Oct. 2016  

b. 11 Oct. 1829 in Edinburgh

 
JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE  
10 Oct. 2016  

b. 10 Oct. 1811 at Summerhill, near Birmingham, England

 
SHADD, MARY ANN CAMBERTON (Cary)  
9 Oct. 2016  

b. 9 Oct. 1823 in Wilmington, Del.

 
BRUCE, WILLIAM BLAIR  
8 Oct. 2016  

b. 8 Oct. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada