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    John Charles Polanyi

    John Charles Polanyi, CC, OOnt, PC, FRS, FRSC, chemist, professor (born 23 January 1929 in Berlin, Germany). In 1986, John Polanyi was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (see Nobel Prizes and Canada; Chemistry). In addition to this achievement, he was the founding chairman (1960-78) of the Canadian Pugwash Group.

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    John Christie Holland

    John Christie Holland, pastor, community leader, activist and railway Pullman attendant (born 25 December 1882 in Hamilton, ON; died 22 June 1954 in Hamilton). Holland was the first Black person to be honoured as Distinguished Citizen of the Year in a major Canadian city.

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    Christopher Pratt

    John Christopher Pratt, CC, ONL, painter, printmaker (born 9 December 1935 in St John's, NL; died 5 June 2022 in Salmonier River, NL). Christopher Pratt is considered one of the greatest classicists of contemporary Canadian painting, alongside his mentor, Alex Colville. Pratt is well known for his meticulous and pristine studies with typically Atlantic settings. He designed Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial flag in 1980 and was called “Canada’s most famous living painter” by the Globe and Mail in 2013. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1983 and received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018.

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    John Clarence Webster

    John Clarence Webster, physician, historian, nationalist (b at Shediac, NB 21 Oct 1863; d there 16 Mar 1950). Educated in Shediac and at Mount Allison and Edinburgh universities, from 1890 to 1896 he was an assistant instructor at Edinburgh and Berlin.

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    John Clark Murray

    John Clark Murray, philosopher (b at Thread and Tannahill, Scot 19 Mar 1836; d at Montréal 20 Nov 1917). Murray's career as a philosopher began in 1862 at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

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    John Colicos

    John Colicos, actor (b at Toronto 10 Dec 1928; d 6 Mar 2000). He played classical and contemporary roles on the major stages of England, the US and Canada. His earliest professional work was with the Montreal Repertory Theatre. In 1951 he was selected best actor at the DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL.

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    John Convey

    John Convey, metallurgist (b at Craghead, Eng 29 Mar 1910; d at Toronto 14 Jan 2006). Having immigrated to Alberta in 1929, he later moved to Ontario, where he earned a PhD in atomic physics at the University of Toronto in 1940.

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    John Coulter

    John William Coulter, writer (b at Belfast, Ire 12 Feb 1888; d at Toronto 1 Dec 1980). Coulter is best known for his historical trilogy Riel (written and produced 1950; publ 1962), The Crime of Louis Riel (1968) and The Trial of Louis Riel (1968). Most of his other plays are on Irish subjects.

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    John Coveart

    John Coveart. Pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, teacher, b Toronto 14 Sep 1924, d there 23 Jan 1987; ATCM 1943. He studied with Margaret Miller Brown and for two summers, 1943-4, with Gerald Moore.

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    John Cozens

    John Cozens. Administrator, arranger, choir conductor, tenor, b Tottenham (London) 27 Apr 1906, naturalized Canadian 1950, d Port Hope, Ont, 5 Apr 1999. He emigrated to Canada in 1913 and studied voice and conducting 1924-9 with Francis Combe at the TCM, and privately 1930-35 with Nina de Gedeonoff.

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    John Craig

    John Craig, writer (b at Peterborough, ON 1921; d at same, 1982). John Craig began and ended his life in PETERBOROUGH, Ontario. The son of a newspaperman, he knew the grim realities of the DEPRESSION, but as an adventurous boy he was free to explore the nearby WATERWAYS.

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    John Craig

    John Craig, engineer, actor, theatrical director, educator (b at Toronto, Ont 20 Sept 1877 ; d at Gimli, Man 15 July 1946).

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    John Cresswell Parkin

    John Cresswell Parkin, architect (b to Canadian parents at Sheffield, Eng 24 Mar 1922, d at Toronto, Ont 22 Nov 1988). After graduating in architecture from U of Man and studies at Harvard under Walter Gropius, Parkin joined John B. PARKIN (no relation) in 1947.

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    John Crosbie

    John Carnell Crosbie, OC, lawyer, politician, lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador 2008–13 (born 30 January 1931 in St John's, NL; died 10 January 2020 in St. John’s, NL).

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    John Cullen Nugent

    John Cullen Nugent, sculptor, educator (b at Montréal 5 Jan 1921). Studies at St John's University (Collegeville, Minn) exposed him to liberal ideals and the postwar Catholic renewal in the arts.

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