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Étienne Verrier
Étienne Verrier, military engineer (b at Aix-en-Provence, France 4 Jan 1683; d at La Rochelle, France 10 Sept 1747). After 17 years with the engineer corps, Verrier served at LOUISBOURG as chief engineer 1724-45.
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Étienne Verrier, military engineer (b at Aix-en-Provence, France 4 Jan 1683; d at La Rochelle, France 10 Sept 1747). After 17 years with the engineer corps, Verrier served at LOUISBOURG as chief engineer 1724-45.
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Eudore Piché. Organist, producer, b Montreal 1906, d there 1967. He was a member of the Society of Jesus for several years. He published a collection of folksong arrangements, Chansons du vieux Québec (Beauchemin 1939).
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Eugène Bourgeau, botanical collector (b at Brizon, France 20 Apr 1813; d at Paris, France Feb 1877). His interest in plants began early and as a young man he attracted the interest of the director of the Botanical Gardens at Lyons, where he learned the rudiments of botany.
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Eugène Chartier. Violinist, violist, conductor, teacher, b Montreal ca 1893, d Beaconsfield (Montreal) 1 Nov 1963. He studied violin with Oscar Martel and Alfred De Sève.
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Eugene (Casjen) Cramer. Musicologist, educator, tenor, b Davis, S Dak, 22 Nov 1935, naturalized Canadian 1980; B MUS (Yankton) 1957, M MUS (Yale) 1964, PH D (Boston) 1973.
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Eugène Daignault. Actor, folksinger, b St Albans, Vt, 14 Sep 1895, d Montreal 27 Jan 1960. Arriving in Quebec in 1900, he was educated, and involved in theatre, at the St-Hyacinthe Seminary. In 1920 he began working for the Montreal Board of Health.
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(Lewis) Eugene Hill. Organist-choirmaster, composer, teacher, b Toronto 8 Apr 1909, d Oxford, O, 15 Mar 1976; LAB 1928, FCCO 1930s, B MUS (Toronto) 1937, ARCO 1938, D MUS (Toronto) 1946. After early studies in Winnipeg he enrolled at the TCM for organ lessons with Charles Peaker.
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Husaruk, Eugène. Violinist, b Warsaw of Ukrainian parents 2 Mar 1932, naturalized Canadian 1954. He immigrated to Canada in 1949 and studied 1950-3 at the McGill Cons with Alexander Brott.
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Eugene 'Jack' (Leon) Kash,. Violinist, conductor, teacher, b Toronto 1 May 1912, d there 6 Mar 2004.
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Eugène Lapierre. Organist, teacher, composer, writer on music, administrator, b Montreal 8 Jun 1899, d there 21 Oct 1970; D MUS (Montreal) 1930. He began his musical training under the choirmaster Lucien Perreault at Ste-Brigide Church, where he was solo soprano.
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Eugene Levy, actor, director, producer, writer (born at Hamilton, Ont 17 Dec 1946). Eugene Levy has made his name primarily playing supporting comedic roles on television and in film, with performances ranging from straight deadpan to camp hilarity.
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Eugene O'Keefe, brewer, banker, philanthropist (born 10 December 1827 in Bandon, Ireland; died 1 October 1913 in Toronto, ON).
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