Biography of the Day

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

 

CHAPPELL, EDWARD  
10 Aug. 2024  

b. 10 Aug. 1792 at Hothfield, Kent, England

 
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André  
9 Aug. 2024  

b. 9 Aug. 1845 in the parish of Saint-Grégoire (Mont-Saint-Grégoire), Lower Canada

 
BAGG, STANLEY CLARK  
8 Aug. 2024  

d. 8 Aug. 1873 at Montreal

 
LE JEUNE, PAUL  
7 Aug. 2024  

d. 7 Aug. 1664 in Paris

 
BOWMAN, WILLIAM  
6 Aug. 2024  

d. 6 Aug. 1909 in Port Stanley, Ont.

 
WITHROW, JOHN JACOB  
5 Aug. 2024  

d. 5 Aug. 1900 in Toronto

 
BARTHE, JOSEPH-GUILLAUME  
4 Aug. 2024  

d. 4 Aug. 1893 in Montreal

 
THOMPSON, GRACE SARAH HALL (Fletcher)  
3 Aug. 2024  

d. 3 Aug. 1907 in Saskatoon, Sask.

 
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM  
2 Aug. 2024  

d. 2 Aug. 1922 near Baddeck, N.S.

 
DAWSON, GEORGE MERCER  
1 Aug. 2024  

b. 1 Aug. 1849 in Pictou, N.S.

 
HARRISS, CHARLES ALBERT EDWIN  
31 July 2024  

d. 31 July 1929 in Ottawa

 
TACHÉ, Sir ÉTIENNE-PASCHAL  
30 July 2024  

d. 30 July 1865 at Saint-Thomas (Montmagny, Que.)