Biography of the Day

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

 

CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT  
21 Nov. 2013  

b. 21 Nov. 1643 at Rouen (Normandy)

 
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)  
20 Nov. 2013  

b. 20 Nov. 1841 in the parish of Saint-Lin (Laurentides), Lower Canada

 
BLACK, MARTIN GAY  
19 Nov. 2013  

b. 19 Nov. 1786 in Halifax.

 
COPP, WILLIAM WALTER  
18 Nov. 2013  

b. 18 Nov. 1826 in Great Torrington, England

 
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE (Boumois)  
17 Nov. 2013  

b. 17 Nov. 1685 at Trois-Rivières

 
McLAUGHLIN, ROBERT  
16 Nov. 2013  

b. 16 Nov. 1836 in Cavan Township, Upper Canada

 
QUESNEL, JOSEPH  
15 Nov. 2013  

b. 15 Nov. 1746 in Saint-Malo, France

 
MORGAN, HENRY  
14 Nov. 2013  

b. 14 Nov. 1819 in Saline, Scotland

 
GRANT, GEORGE PARKIN  
13 Nov. 2013  

b. 13 Nov. 1918 in Toronto

 
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE, Comte de BOUGAINVILLE  
12 Nov. 2013  

b. 12 Nov. 1729 in Paris, France

 
WOOD, ZACHARY TAYLOR  
11 Nov. 2013  

b. 11 Nov. 1860 in Annapolis, Md

 
ADAMS, MARY ELECTA  
10 Nov. 2013  

b. 10 Nov. 1823 in Westbury, Lower Canada