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    Harold Ramsay

    Harold (Arthur) Ramsay. Organist, choirmaster, composer, teacher, b Yarmouth, England, Aug 1901, d Salmon Arm, near Kamloops, BC, 29 Jan 1976; L MUS (McGill) 1919, honorary FTCL 1952.

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    Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter

    Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, "Donald," mathematician (b at London, Eng 9 Feb 1907; d at Toronto, 31March 2003). Coxeter received his BA (1929) and PhD (1931) at Cambridge. He was a research fellow there from 1931 to 1935, spending 2 years as research visitor at Princeton.

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    Harold Spence-Sales

    Harold Spence-Sales, urban planner (born 22 October 1907 in Lahore, India; died 12 March 2004 in Montréal, QC). 

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    Harold Sumberg

    Sumberg, Harold. Violinist, teacher, conductor, adjudicator, b Rochester, NY, 25 Aug 1905, naturalized Canadian 1920s, d Toronto 6 Jan 1994.

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  • Macleans

    Harper New CA New Leader

    This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 1, 2002

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  • Macleans

    Harper’s next fight?

    Mark Mayrand has big plans to reform the way we run elections. Will the government listen?This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 21, 2013

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    Harriet Brooks

    Harriet Brooks Pitcher, physicist and nuclear scientist (born 2 July 1876 in Exeter, ON; died 17 April 1933 in Montreal, QC). Harriet Brooks made important contributions to the field of atomic physics. She discovered that one element could change into another element through radioactive decay. Brooks was the first woman to receive a master’s degree from McGill (1901). She is considered the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. Ernest Rutherford referred to her as “the most pre-eminent woman physicist in the department of radioactivity,” next to Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist Marie Curie.

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    Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman, née Araminta "Minty" Ross, abolitionist, “conductor” of the Underground Railroad (born c. 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland; died 10 March 1913 in Auburn, New York). Tubman escaped from enslavement in the southern United States and went on to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led numerous enslaved persons to freedom in the “free” Northern states and Canada through the Underground Railroad — a secret network of routes and safe houses that helped people escape enslavement.

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    Harriet Walker

    Harriet (née Anderson) Walker, "Hattie," director, actress, drama critic, feminist, educator (b at New York 13 February 1865; d at Winnipeg 24 September 1943).

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    Harry Adaskin

    Harry Adaskin, OC, violinist, teacher, broadcaster (born 6 October 1901 in Riga, Latvia; died 7 April 1994 in Vancouver, BC).

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    Harry Adaskin

    Harry Adaskin. Violinist, teacher, broadcaster, b Riga, Latvia, 6 Oct 1901, naturalized Canadian 1909, d Vancouver, 7 Apr 1994; honorary LLD (Dalhousie) 1978, honorary LLD (Simon Fraser) 1979, honorary LLD (British Columbia) 1980.

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    Harry Botterell

    Edmund Harry Botterell, neurosurgeon, medical educator (b at Vancouver 28 Feb 1906; d at Kingston 23 Jun 1997). Graduation in medicine from the University of Manitoba was followed by neurosurgical training at University of Toronto and research at Yale.

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    Harry Cecil Rowsell

    Harry Cecil Rowsell, veterinarian, animal care specialist (b at Toronto 29 May 1921).

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    Harry Corwin Nixon

    Harry Corwin Nixon, politician, premier of Ontario (b at St George, Ont 1 Apr 1891; d there 22 Oct 1961). He won acclaim for his political longevity, spending 42 years as an Ontario MPP.

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    Harry Crane Perrin

    Harry Crane Perrin. Educator, administrator, composer, organist, b Wellingborough, Northhamptonshire, England, 19 Aug 1865, d Exeter, England, 6 Nov 1953; D MUS (Trinity, Dublin) 1901, FRCO.

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