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Eric (Nathan) Robertson. Organist, pianist, composer, record producer, b Edinburgh 6 Apr 1948; ARCT 1966, FRCCO 1969. He studied organ, piano and theory in Edinburgh with E. Francis Thomas, Eric Reid, and William O. Minay before moving in 1963 to Toronto.
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Eric (Thomas) Rollinson. Educator, organist, b London 16 Jan 1911, d Toronto 17 Apr 1963; FRCO 1931, B MUS (Toronto) 1943. He moved to Canada in 1932 and spent the next 10 years as an organist-choirmaster in Saint John, NB, and Hamilton, Ont. In 1942 he joined the faculty of the TCM.
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Eric Ross Arthur, architect, author, educator, heritage conservationist (b at Dunedin, New Zealand 1 July 1898; d at Toronto, Canada 1 Nov. 1982).
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Eric Stanley Wright, writer, teacher (b at London, Eng 4 May 1929). Immigrating to Churchill, Man (1951), and graduating from the University of Manitoba (Hons BA, 1957) and the University of Toronto (MA, 1961), Wright has taught at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.
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Erik the Red (Eiríkr rauða in Old Norse and Eiríkur rauði in modern Icelandic, a.k.a. Erik Thorvaldsson), colonizer, explorer, chief (born in the Jæren district in Norway; died c. 1000 CE at Brattahlid, Greenland). An Icelandic settler of modest means who was exiled for his involvement in a violent dispute, Erik the Red rose in status as he explored Greenland and founded the first Norse settlement there. One of his sons, Leif Eriksson, led some of the first European explorations of the east coast of North America, including regions that are now part of Arctic and Atlantic Canada.
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Eric (Alfred Stanley) Tredwell. Baritone, b Bristol, England, 2 Aug 1906, d Vancouver 14 Oct 1981; BA (Toronto) 1945. Raised in Canada, he studied voice in Victoria, BC, with Gideon Hicks and 1929-30 in Munich with Julius Schweitzer.
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Eric Walters, writer (born at Toronto, Ont 3 Mar 1957). Raised in Toronto, Eric Walters began his career as a social worker, receiving a BA in Psychology, a Bachelor of Social Work, and a Master of Social Work at York University.
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Eric (Lees) Wild. Conductor, arranger, composer, b Sault Ste Marie, Ont, 11 Feb 1910, d Osprey, Fla, 29 Apr 1989; ALCM 1925, B MUS (Michigan) 1932.
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Eric William Kierans, OC, economist, politician, businessman (born 2 February 1914 in Montreal, Quebec; died 10 May 2004 in Montreal). Educated at Loyola College and McGill University, Kierans was director of the School of Commerce at McGill 1953–60, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange 1960–63 and then minister of communications and postmaster general of Canada 1968–71. He served in two governments — Jean Lesage's Quiet Revolution (in which he served as minister of revenue 1963–65 and as minister of health 1965–66) and Pierre Trudeau's first Cabinet.
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Eric William Leaver, inventor, electronics engineer (born 11 August 1915 in Langham, England; died 12 February 2004 in London, Ontario).
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Eric (James) Wilson. Cellist, teacher, adjudicator, b Winnipeg 23 Sep 1949; B MUS (Juilliard) 1972, M MUS (Juilliard) 1973, D MUS (Juilliard) 1979. He studied in Winnipeg 1955-9 with Kenneth Murphy, 1959-60 with Peggie Sampson, and 1960-5 with Claude Kenneson.
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Erica Durance, actor, producer (born 21 June 1978 in Calgary, Alberta). An actress of French Canadian descent who merges urban sophistication with wholesome approachability, Erica Durance was raised on a turkey farm in Three Hills, Alberta by her truck driver father and librarian mother.
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Erica Zentner. Violinist, teacher, b Regina 5 Dec 1925; Artist Diploma (RCMT) 1950. Erica Zentner studied with John Thornicroft in Regina, and subsequently with Kathleen Parlow at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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Erich Baer, chemist, educator (b at Berlin, Ger 8 Mar 1901; d at Toronto 23 Sept 1975). He studied at University of Berlin under Hermann O.L. Fischer, with whom he worked until 1948 (from 1937 at University of Toronto). Baer became a professor in 1951 and professor emeritus in 1969.
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