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    Christopher Alexander Hagerman

    Christopher Alexander Hagerman, lawyer, politician, judge (b at Adolphustown, UC 28 Mar 1792; d at Toronto 14 May 1847). "Handsome Kit" grew up outside the charmed circle of pupils educated by John STRACHAN.

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    Christopher Allworth

    (Robert) Christopher (Holmes) Allworth. Instrument maker, musicologist, organist-choirmaster, teacher, b Toronto 9 Oct 1940; BA (Mount Allison) 1966, M MUS (Illinois) 1974.

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    Christopher Donison

    Christopher Donison. Composer, pianist, conductor, inventor, b Halifax, NS, 26 Dec 1952; B MUS (Victoria) 1976, M MUS (State University of New York) 1992. Christopher Donison studied piano with Winifred Scott Wood at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and later at the University of Victoria.

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    Christopher Dunkin

    Christopher Dunkin, lawyer, politician, judge (b at Walworth, Eng 25 Sept 1812; d at Knowlton, Qué 6 Jan 1881). Admitted to the bar in 1846, he gained renown defending the legal rights of the seigneurs in 1854.

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    Christopher Gledhill

    Christopher Gledhill. Educator, organist, composer, b Borden, Kent, England, 21 Mar 1912, d Brundall, Norfolk, England, 14 Apr 1987; BA (Oxford) 1934, B MUS (Oxford) 1936, MA (Oxford) 1946. He was a grandnephew of Edwin Gledhill.

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    Christopher Hinton

    Christopher Hinton, animator, writer (b at Galt [now Cambridge], Ont 1952). Christopher Hinton studied filmmaking at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ont.

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    Christopher Jackson

    Christopher (Donald) Jackson. Organist, choirmaster, b Halifax, NS, 27 Jul 1948; premier prix organ (CMM) 1974.

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    Christopher John Raymond Garrett

    Christopher John Raymond Garrett, physical oceanographer (b at Bude, Eng 30 July 1943). Educated at Cambridge, he joined the department of oceanography at Dalhousie University in 1971. Known for his early work with W.H.

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    Christopher Maxwell House

    While continuing to perform, he has created a repertoire of works in a modern-dance style that is distinctly his own.

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    Christopher Middleton

    Christopher Middleton, Hudson's Bay Co captain, naval officer, explorer (b at Newton Bewley, Eng late 17th century; d 12 Feb 1770). Middleton served on PRIVATEERING ships during Queen Anne's War 1701-13 and joined the HBC in 1721 as second mate on a voyage from England to York Factory.

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    Christopher Newton

    After a period of freelance acting, directing and writing, in 1973 he was appointed artistic director of the VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE THEATRE.

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    Christopher Plummer

    Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, actor (born 13 December 1929 in Toronto, ON; died 5 February 2021 in Weston, Connecticut). A great-grandson of Prime Minister Sir John Abbott, Christopher Plummer was an international star of theatre, film and television. He was Canada’s most distinguished movie star in the classical mould — the New York Times hailed him as “the finest classical actor in America.” He took on innumerable larger-than-life roles, including Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, Hamlet, Rudyard Kipling, John Barrymore, and Baron von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965), one of the most popular films of all time. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Film Independent Spirit Award, a Canadian Screen Award and a Genie Award. He received lifetime achievement awards from the Governors General’s Awards, the Canadian Screen Awards and the National Arts Club of America. A Companion of the Order of Canada, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame.

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    Christopher Vokes

    Christopher Vokes, soldier (born in Armagh, Ireland, 13 April 1904; died in Toronto, ON, 27 March 1985). A tough-minded Second World War general, Vokes commanded Canadian army divisions in the Italian campaign and during the push through northern Germany at the end of the war. He was one of the few Canadian generals to emerge from the war with a reputation as a skilled operational commander. 

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    Christopher Weait

    Christopher (Robert Irving) Weait. Bassoonist, teacher, composer, b Surrey, England, 27 Mar 1939; B SC music education (State U of New York) 1961, MA (Columbia) 1966. He studied with Charles Robert Reinert at State U College and with William Polisi.

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    Christopher Widmer

    Christopher Widmer, surgeon, medical educator, medical administrator (b at High Wycombe, Eng 15 May 1780, d at Toronto 3 May 1858). Widmer was a dominant figure in Upper Canadian medicine from the 1820s almost until his death.

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