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    Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau

    Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, poet (b at Montréal 13 June 1912; d at Ste-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Qué 24 Oct 1943). Saint-Denys Garneau's writing marks a turning point in the history of Québec poetry.

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    Hector Fabre

    Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre, journalist, newspaper publisher, senator and diplomat (born 9 August 1834 in Montreal, Lower Canada; died 2 September 1910 in Paris, France). Hector Fabre’s appointment to serve as the Agent General of Quebec in Paris in winter 1882 marked one of the first milestones in the history of Quebec representation abroad. Fabre, who also represented the government of Canada starting in July 1882, helped to establish diplomatic and economic relations with France and other European countries and also marked the beginning of permanent Canadian representation abroad.

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    Hector Gratton

    (Joseph Thomas) Hector Gratton. Composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, teacher, b Hull, Que, 13 Aug 1900, d Montreal 16 Jul 1970. He studied piano in Montreal with Alphonse Martin and Alfred La Liberté. The latter introduced him to the works and aesthetics of Scriabin and Medtner.

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    Hector Pellerin

    Hector Pellerin. Baritone, actor, entertainer, b Montreal 31 Oct 1887 or 1888, d there 18 Apr 1953. He studied piano and organ with Alexis Contant and J.-Daniel Dussault and made his debut as a cinema pianist at the Ouimetoscope in Montreal.

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    Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)

    The Heiltsuk are an Indigenous people who have occupied a part of the central coast of British Columbia in the vicinity of Milbanke Sound and Fisher Channel. Historically, Europeans referred to the Heiltsuk as the Bella Bella, a term anglicized from the name of a site located near the present-day community of the same name. As of January 2025, the registered population of the Heiltsuk Nation was 2,532.

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    Heinrich Klingenfeld

    Klingenfeld, Heinrich. Violinist, conductor, educator, b Nuremberg 19 May 1856, d 19?. He studied with Ludwig Abel and Benno Walter in Munich and 1882-4 with Adolf Brodsky at the Leipzig Cons.

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    Heintzman & Co. Ltd.

    Heintzman & Co. Ltd. Piano manufacturing and retailing business based in Toronto 1866-1978 and relocated in Hanover, Ont, 1978-86 under the amended name Heintzman Ltd.

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    Heinz Unger

    Heinz (Heinrich) Unger, conductor (born 14 Dec 1895 in Berlin, Germany; died 25 February 1965 in Toronto, ON)

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    Helen (Callaghan) Candaele St. Aubin

    Helen (née Callaghan) Candaele St. Aubin, professional baseball player (born 13 March 1923 in Vancouver, B.C.; died 8 December 1992 in Santa Barbara, California). Helen Callaghan was a top amateur softball player in Vancouver before starring in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She led the league in batting average in 1945, leading sportswriters to call her “the feminine Ted Williams.” An outfielder, she was known for a strong throwing arm and for speed and wile on the basepaths. She was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum with the other Canadian AAGPBL players in 1998; she was inducted individually in 2021. Her youngest son, Casey Candaele, enjoyed a nine-year career in Major League Baseball. He is the only MLB player whose mother also played professional baseball.

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    Helen Creighton

    (Mary) Helen Creighton.

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    Helen Dahlstrom

    Helen Arline Dahlstrom (née Underbakke), teacher, pianist, organist, choir conductor (born 5 June 1917 in Regina, SK; died 25 July 2013 in Victoria, BC). ATCM 1930, L MUS (Saskatchewan) 1932.

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    Helen Gregory MacGill

    Helen Gregory MacGill, judge, journalist, musician (born 7 January 1864 in Hamilton, Canada West; died 27 February 1947 in Chicago, Illinois). Helen Gregory MacGill was a pioneering journalist, feminist and judge. She was the first woman to graduate from Trinity College (now the University of Toronto), as well as the first woman judge in British Columbia, where she served on the juvenile court for 23 years. Her daughter, Elsie MacGill, became the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer.

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    Helen Griffith Wylie Watson

    Helen Griffith Wylie Watson, née McArthur, nursing administrator (b at Stettler, Alta 11 July 1911; d at Guelph, Ont 15 Dec 1974). A graduate of U of A, Watson received her first practical experience as a public-health nurse at an isolated settlement in the Peace River country during the Depression.

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    Helen Irene Battle

    Helen Irene Battle, zoologist, educator (b at London, Ont 31 Aug 1903; d there 17 Jun 1994). A pioneering Canadian zoologist and much-loved teacher, she was emeritus professor of zoology at the University of Western Ontario from 1972.

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    Helen Jane Shaver

    Helen Jane Shaver, actor, director, producer (born at St Thomas, Ont 24 Feb 1951). Helen Shaver developed a love of literature as a child when she was confined to bed with rheumatic fever.

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