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    Marcus Adeney

    Marcus Adeney. Cellist, writer, teacher, b London 1 Jul 1900, naturalized Canadian 1904, d Toronto 2 Mar 1998. As a child he studied violin with his mother, Ethelwyn Davies Adeney, a music teacher and a cousin of (Sir) Walford Davies. He began cello studies in Hamilton with J.

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    Marcus Porano

    Marcus Porano, labourer, soldier (born ca. 1893 in Manila, Philippines; died 10 October 1988 in Selkirk, MB). Porano was one of the few Filipinos who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.

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    Marek Jablonski

    Marek Jablonski. Pianist, teacher, b Krakow, Poland, 5 Nov 1939, d Edmonton 8 May 1999. He studied at the Krakow Conservatory when he was six. His family settled in Edmonton in 1949, but it was in Calgary and Banff during the summers that he continued his piano studies with Gladys Egbert.

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    Marg Osburne

    "Don Messer and His Islanders" first appeared on television in 1956. The original show evolved into "Don Messer's Jubilee" and Marg Osburne's folksy-gospel style continued to be popular. In 1960, CFRN TV Edmonton named Osburne the most popular female personality on television.

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    Margaret Alexandra Luke

    Margaret Alexandra Luke, painter (b at Montrél 14 May 1901, d at Oshawa 1 June 1967). Luke's development as a pioneering abstract painter was considerably delayed by family responsibilities.

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    Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby

    Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby, historian, educator (b at Quesnel, BC 7 June 1909; d near Coldstream, BC 2 Nov 1996).

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    Margaret Anglin

    Margaret Anglin, actress (b at Ottawa 3 Apr 1876; d at Toronto 7 Jan 1958). Daughter of Timothy W. ANGLIN, Speaker of the House of Commons, she was born in the Speaker's Chambers.

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    Margaret Ann Ireland

    Margaret Ann Ireland (m Carter, later m Nagel). Pianist, producer, b Winnipeg 23 Mar 1928. Raised in Toronto, Margaret Ireland began piano lessons at age six.

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    Margaret Wilson Thompson

    Margaret (Peggy) Anne Wilson Thompson, CM, human geneticist (born 7 January 1920 on the Isle of Man, England; died 3 November 2014 in Toronto, ON). Thompson contributed to human genetics through research on a variety of genetic disorders, particularly muscular dystrophy. She also cowrote Genetics in Medicine, a widely used text. While celebrated among her peers for her gifts as a scientist, mentor and teacher, she left a controversial legacy for her participation in eugenics in the early 1960s.

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    Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC, O Ont, FRSC, poet, novelist, critic, professor (born 18 November 1939 in Ottawa, ON). A varied and prolific writer, Margaret Atwood is among the most celebrated authors in Canadian history. Her writing is noted for its careful craftsmanship and precision of language, which lend a sense of inevitability and a resonance to her words. In her fiction, Atwood has explored the issues of our time, capturing them in the satirical, self-reflexive mode of the contemporary novel. She has written 14 novels, nine short-story collections, 16 books of poetry, and 10 volumes of non-fiction. She has received two Governor General’s Literary Awards, two Booker Prizes, a Scotiabank Giller Prize, and numerous other honours and accolades. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier of the l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.

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    Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC, poet, novelist, critic (born 18 November 1939 in Ottawa, ON). A varied and prolific writer, Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's major contemporary authors.

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    Margaret Atwood Inc.

    A tight sisterhood keeps Canada’s biggest literary celebrity in businessThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 8, 2013

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    Margaret Avison

    An Officer of the Order of Canada, two-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, and recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize, Margaret Avison is one of Canada’s most profoundly influential poets, known for the exploration of Christian themes in her work.

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    Margaret Bannerman

    Margaret Bannerman, actress (b Marguerite Grande at Toronto 15 Dec 1896; d at Englewood, New Jersey 25 Apr 1976). Bannerman attended Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, and Mount Saint Vincent Academy, Halifax.

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    Margaret Brooke

    Margaret Martha Brooke, MBE, dietician, naval officer, war hero, paleontologist (born 10 April 1915 in Ardath, SK; died 9 January 2016 in Victoria, BC). Brooke was a nursing sister during the Second World War and survived the torpedoing of the SS Caribou. For her heroism immediately after the sinking, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), the first Canadian nursing sister so recognized. 

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