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    Ernest Lavigne

    Ernest Lavigne, (Tessier dit Lavigne). Bandmaster, cornetist, composer, publisher, b Montreal 17 Dec 1851, d there 18 Jan 1909. The brother of Arthur and Émery, he studied at the Collège de Terrebonne and in 1868 went to Rome with the 4th detachment of the Papal Zouaves.

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    Ernest Lawson

    Ernest Lawson Ernest Lawson, painter (b at Halifax 22 Mar 1873; d at Miami Beach, Florida 18 Dec 1939). In 1883 Dr Archibald Lawson left Halifax for Kansas City due to an inquest over an illegal operation and his son Ernest was sent to live with his uncle, Rev George Munro GRANT, Principal of Queen's University in Kingston. Ernest Lawson lived in Kansas City and Mexico City in 1888-1890, studied at the Art Students League,...

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    Ernest Lepage

    Ernest Lepage, priest and botanist (b near Rimouski, Qué 1 June 1905; d there 4 Jan 1981). Lepage was an assistant parish priest until 1933 and then taught at the École moyenne d'agriculture in Rimouski 1936-61.

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    Ernest Leslie Bushnell

    Ernest Leslie Bushnell, pioneer broadcast executive (b near Lindsay, Ont 19 Nov 1900; d at Ottawa 30 Apr 1987). He trained as a singer at the Toronto Conservatory but turned to announcing and then station management.

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    Ernest Lindner

    Ernest Lindner, artist (b at Vienna, Austria 1 May 1897; d at Saskatoon 4 Nov 1988). 

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    Ernest Manning

    Manning grew up in a conventional Saskatchewan farm family and as a teenager was drawn to Aberhart's religious radio broadcasts. He studied with Aberhart and later became the institute's executive secretary.

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    Ernest McCulloch

    Ernest Armstrong McCulloch, OC, OOnt, FRS, FRSC, scientist, physician, researcher, teacher, administrator (born 27 April 1926 in Toronto, ON; died 20 January 2011 in Toronto, ON). McCulloch and James Till conducted pioneering research into stem cells during the 1960s and 1970s that inspired future developments in bone marrow transplants and other medical advances. (See also Stem Cell Research.)

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    Ernest Myrand

    Ernest Myrand. Historian, journalist, librarian, b Quebec City 29 Jun 1854, d there 31 May 1921. After studying at Laval University, he joined Le Canadien as a journalist under the supervision of that Quebec City daily's editor, Israël Tarte.

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    Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson

    When he came to McGill in 1898 as Macdonald Professor of Physics, Rutherford had begun studying radioactivity at Cambridge and his work at the Macdonald Physics Building, then one of the best equipped laboratories anywhere, was subsidized by William MACDONALD himself.

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    Ernest Seitz

    Ernest (Joseph) Seitz. Pianist, teacher, songwriter, b Hamilton, Ont, 29 Feb 1892, d Toronto 10 Sep 1978; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London 1954. For seven years a pupil of A.S. Vogt in Toronto, Seitz studied 1910-14 with Josef Lhévinne in Berlin.

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    Ernest Thompson Seton

    In 1906, Seton published Two Little Savages; Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned. Based on his childhood experience of "playing Indian" in Ontario, it is now considered a classic of children's literature.

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    Ernest Walter Stedman

    Ernest Walter Stedman, aircraft engineer (b at Malling, Eng 21 July 1888; d at Ottawa 27 Mar 1957). Stedman trained as an engineer and ended his WWI service as a lt-col in the RAF. He then joined the Handley-Page aircraft company

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    Ernest White

    Ernest F. White. Organist, choirmaster, organ designer, teacher, editor, b London, Ont, 20 Jun 1901, d Fairfield, Conn, 21 Sep 1980; honorary FRCCO 1977.

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    Ernest Whyte

    Ernest Whyte. Composer, teacher, b Perth, Ont, 14 Oct 1858, d Ottawa 23 Nov 1922.

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    Ernestine Russell

    Ernestine “Ernie” Jean Russell, gymnast, coach (born 10 June 1938 in Windsor, ON). Ernestine Russell was Canada’s best female gymnast of the 1950s. She was the first woman to represent Canada in gymnastics at the Olympic Summer Games, at Melbourne in 1956. She was also the first Canadian gymnast ever to medal in an international competition, at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, where she won four gold medals and two silver. She won 46 gold medals at the Canadian Gymnastics Championships between 1954 and 1960. She also had a successful career coaching women’s gymnastics at the NCAA level and with Team USA. She has been inducted into the Canadian Amateur Athletic Hall of Fame and the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

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