Biography of the Day

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

 

YOUNG, JAMES (1835-1913)  
24 May 2015  

b. 24 May 1835 in Galt (Cambridge), Upper Canada

 
WALDO, SAMUEL  
23 May 2015  

d. 23 May 1759, on the Penobscot River, near present-day Bangor, Maine

 
WALSH, JAMES MORROW  
22 May 2015  

b. 22 May 1840 in Prescott, Upper Canada

 
BROUSSEAU, LÉGER (baptized Joseph)  
21 May 2015  

b. 21 May 1826 at Quebec City

 
BOWES, JOHN GEORGE  
20 May 2015  

d. 20 May 1864 at Toronto, Canada West

 
MURPHY, ANNA BROWNELL (Jameson)  
19 May 2015  

b. 19 May 1794 in Dublin

 
NORMANT DU FARADON, LOUIS  
18 May 2015  

b. 18 May 1681 at Châteaubriant, France

 
GRAVIER, JACQUES  
17 May 2015  

b. 17 May 1651 at Moulins

 
STREET, SAMUEL DENNY  
16 May 2015  

b. 16 May 1752 in Southwark (London), England

 
WIDMER, CHRISTOPHER  
15 May 2015  

b. 15 May 1780 in or near High Wycombe, England

 
CAMERON, DAVID  
14 May 2015  

d. 14 May 1872 near Victoria, B.C.

 
CRAWFORD, JOHN WILLOUGHBY  
13 May 2015  

d. in Toronto, Ont., 13 May 1875