COPE, JOHN NOEL (Newell) (Bolmoltie, Bowlmawltie, Paul Martin), Micmac guide and hunter; b. April 1847 in Sheet Harbour, N.S., son

would earn him a place in Canadian agricultural history: he decided to import Holstein-Friesian cattle. Cook’s decision has traditionally been attributed to his reading of American farm periodicals, which

school in Scotland and in Canada. Later he would claim to have largely educated himself through reading and study. In April 1850 Clark and others from the Port Dover area decided to try their luck in the

CARTWRIGHT, Sir RICHARD JOHN, businessman, politician, and author; b. 4 Dec. 1835 in Kingston, Upper Canada, second son

 High Street where his father carried on business as a pawnbroker. In his Vancouver years he was described as “scholarly” and “well-read in the English classics,” and he was known for the breadth and

president of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, and Carman as general superintendents of the new church. When Rice died in December 1884, he was replaced by John Æthuruld

practise law, but John was not inclined to book learning; he later admitted that he had read only a single book in its entirety. Carling would be regarded

. 10 Nov. 1835 in Baie Verte, N.B., fourth of the nine children of John Carey and Caroline Chappell; m

CAMPBELL, JOHN GEORGE EDWARD HENRY DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND, Marquess of LORNE and 9th Duke of ARGYLL

daughter of a shoemaker from the north of England who came to New Brunswick around 1819, was well read in religious matters and provided constant instruction and some solace for her son, the youngest of her

Upper Canada to a modest farm near Baltimore with their two sons, Nathanael and John, and Anne’s parents

a voluntary basis as examiner in reading and elocution for the provincial Normal School at Saint John and as a lecturer at teachers’ institutes. These efforts won him praise, in the Mount Allison

BROWN, JOHN GEORGE, known as Kootenai Brown, prospector, frontiersman, and park superintendent; b

BRANT-SERO, JOHN OJIJATEKHA (baptized John Sero, rebaptized John Brant-Sero; his Mohawk name

proficient as a teacher. He was able to read, write, and speak English, French, Gaelic, Latin, and Greek as well as teach calculus. Such was his interest in calculus that he corresponded with professors of

BOYD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER, lawyer and judge; b

. 27 Dec. 1823 in Rickinghall, England, son of John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall; m. 23

the speakership under the Conservative governments of Joseph-Alfred Mousseau*, John Jones

, son of John Blue, a farmer, and Mary McTavish; m. first 11 Feb. 1869 Mary Black of Yarmouth Township, Ont., and they had two sons; m. secondly 5 June 1883 Elizabeth Amelia Brabant in

. In 1872 Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* offered the young but accomplished Blake the position of junior vice