Biography of the Day

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

 

GESNER, ABRAHAM  
29 Apr. 2014  

d. 29 April 1864 at Halifax, N.S.

 
CUNARD, Sir SAMUEL  
28 Apr. 2014  

b. 21 Nov. 1787 at Halifax, N.S.

 
LABATT, JOHN  
27 Apr. 2014  

b. 11 Dec. 1838 in Westminster Township, Upper Canada

 
HUGHES, KATHERINE (Catherine) ANGELINA  
26 Apr. 2014  

d. 26 April 1925 in New York City

 
ISAPO-MUXIKA (Crowfoot, Pied de Corbeau)  
25 Apr. 2014  

b. c. 1830 near the Belly River in what is now southern Alberta

 
TARDIVEL, JULES-PAUL  
24 Apr. 2014  

d. 24 April 1905 at Quebec

 
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES  
23 Apr. 2014  

b. 23 April 1897 in Newton Brook (Toronto)

 
LE SUEUR, AMELIA (Yeomans)  
22 Apr. 2014  

d. 22 April 1913 in Calgary

 
GORDON, GEORGE NICOL  
21 Apr. 2014  

b. 21 April 1822 at Cascumpeque (Alberton), P.E.I.

 
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET  
20 Apr. 2014  

b. 20 April 1890 in Trois-Rivières, Que.

 
GAMBIER, JAMES, 1st Baron GAMBIER  
19 Apr. 2014  

GAMBIER, JAMES, 1st Baron GAMBIER

d. 19 April 1833 at Ivor House in Buckinghamshire, England

 
CORRIVEAU (Corrivaux), MARIE-JOSEPHTE, known as La Corriveau  
18 Apr. 2014  

CORRIVEAU (Corrivaux), MARIE-JOSEPHTE, known as La Corriveau

died on the gallows at Quebec, probably on 18 April 1763