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    Maurice Durieux

    Maurice Durieux. Conductor, arranger, violinist, violist, b Courbevoie, near Paris, 3 Dec 1907, d Ottawa 11 Nov 1976. He arrived in Montreal in 1911 and some time later began to study violin with his elder brother André. He was also a pupil of Maurice Onderet (violin) and Rodolphe Mathieu (harmony).

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    Maurice Frederick Strong

    Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, LLD, FRSC, environmentalist, statesman, business administrator (born 29 April 1929 in Oak Lake, MB; died 27 November 2015).

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    Maurice Galbraith Cullen

    By 1895, when Cullen returned to Montréal, he had darkened the tonality of the impressionist style learned abroad. In time he became the true interpreter of Montréal's cityscape, particularly of night or dusk scenes, invariably with shimmering lights.

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    Maurice Henry Lecorney Pryce

    Maurice Henry Lecorney Pryce, research physicist, professor (born 24 January 1913 in Croydon, England; died 24 July 2003). Following a BA at Cambridge and a PhD (1937) at Princeton, he lectured in mathematics at Cambridge for 2 years and served a year as reader in theoretical physics in Liverpool.

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    Maurice Joseph Malone

    Maurice Joseph Malone, hockey player (b at Sillery, Qué 28 Feb 1890; d at Montréal 15 May 1969). He turned professional with Québec Bulldogs in 1909, playing 7 years with them, 4 with the MONTREAL CANADIENS and 2 with Hamilton Tigers. Some of his scoring feats have never been matched.

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    Maurice Lacasse Morenoff

    Maurice Lacasse Morenoff, dancer, teacher, choreographer (b at Montréal 2 Feb 1906; d there 23 Jan 1993) From the age of six, Maurice took lessons at the social DANCE studio, which his father, Adélard Lacasse, had opened in the city's east end in 1895.

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    Maurice Onderet

    Onderet, Maurice. Violinist, pedagogue, b Mons, Belgium, 13 Jan 1899, d Charleroi, Belgium, 21 Aug 1982; premier prix (Brussels Royal Cons) 1920. His father taught him solfège and theory.

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    Maurice Pollack Foundation

    Maurice Pollack Foundation. Established in 1955 by Maurice Pollack (merchant, philanthropist, b Kanele, Kiev, 28 Jan 1885, d Quebec City 16 Dec 1968). After arriving in Canada in 1902, Pollack settled in Quebec City, where he opened a department store and became prosperous.

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    Maurice Proulx

    Maurice Proulx, priest, filmmaker (b at St-Pierre-de-Montmagny, Qué 13 Apr 1902; d at La Pocatière, Qué 7 June 1988). Born into a farming family, he entered Séminaire de Québec in 1924 and was

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    Maurice Ruddick

    ​Maurice Ruddick, coal miner, musician (born 1912 in Joggins, NS; died 1988 in Springhill, NS). After a mine shaft caved in on Ruddick and six other workers, he helped keep his companions’ spirits up by singing and leading them in song and prayer. He later described the experience in "Spring Hill Disaster," the song he wrote about the event. Ruddick and the other "miracle miners" enjoyed public attention briefly after the disaster. For Ruddick, the only Black person in the group, racism dimmed his moment in the spotlight.

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    Maurice Sauvé

    Maurice Sauvé, economist, politician, businessman (b at Montréal 20 Sept 1923; d there 13 April 1992). Maurice Sauvé received his PhD from U de Paris in 1952 and returned to Montréal to work for the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour.

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    Maurice Solway

    Maurice Solway, violinist, composer (born 1906; died 2001). Maurice Solway was a violinist who played with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for nearly twenty years. 

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    Maurice Zbriger

    Zbriger, Maurice. Violinist, violist, composer, conductor, b Kamenets-Podol'skiy, Ukraine, 10 Jul 1896, d Montreal 5 Apr 1981.

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    Maury Chaykin

    He founded the avant-garde Swamp Fox Theater Group in Buffalo and in 1970 the troupe appeared uninvited at the Festival of Underground Theatre in Toronto, making a strong impression on the festival's artistic director, Ken Gass.

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    Maury Kaye

    Maury (Morris David) Kaye (b Kronick). Pianist, composer, b Montreal 29 Mar 1932, d there 3 Feb 1983. He studied piano 1945-9 at the CMM, where Arthur Letondal was his teacher.

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