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    Reynold Kenneth Young

    Reynold Kenneth Young, astronomer, professor (b at Binbrook, Ont 4 Oct 1886; d at Peterborough, Ont 24 Dec 1977).

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    R.H. Thomson

    Robert Holmes Thomson, CM, actor, director, playwright (born 24 September 1947 in Richmond Hill, ON). R.H. Thomson is one of Canada’s foremost stage actors. He is also known for his extensive work in television and film, including as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne with an E (2017–19), the CBC/Netflix adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. He has won a Genie Award, two Gemini Awards, a Dora Awardand a Canadian Screen Award, as well as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awardfor Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Thomson is a passionate advocate for arts and culture in Canada. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2010.

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    Rhené Jaque

    Rhené Jaque (pseud; b Marguerite Marie Alice Cartier). Composer, violinist, teacher, b Beauharnois, near Montreal, 4 Feb 1918, d Montreal 31 Jul 2006; B MUS (Montreal) 1949, L MUS (Montreal) 1955.

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    Rheostatics

    Rock band, 1980-2007. Formed in Etobicoke, Ont by rhythm guitarist and singer Dave Bidini, bass guitarist and singer Tim Vesely, drummer Dave Clark, and keyboardist Dave Crosby, the band was originally called Rheostatics and the Trans-Canada Soul Patrol and included a horn section.

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    Rhodes, Lawrence

    Lawrence Rhodes, dancer, ballet master, teacher, choreographer and director (b at Mount Hope, West Virginia 24 Nov 1939).

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    Ria Lenssens

    (Maria Francisca Theresia) Ria Lenssens. Soprano, teacher, choir conductor, b Antwerp 2 Jun 1903, naturalized Canadian 1954; premier prix voice (Brussels Royal Cons) 1924.

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    Nino Ricci

    Nino Ricci, novelist (b at Leamington, Ont 1959). Nino Ricci was born and grew up in Leamington, Ont, the new Canadian home of his Italian immigrant parents. His university studies took him to York University, Concordia University, and the University of Florence. Ricci has taught literature and creative writing, and was the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor in 2005-06. He has also served as president of PEN Canada.

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    Rich Little

    Little appeared as a regular on numerous television programs, including the John Davidson Show (1969), ABC Comedy Hour (1972), the Julie Andrews Hour (1972-73), and hosted the Rich Little Show in 1976 and You Asked For It (1981-83).

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    Richard A. Vollenweider

    Richard Albert Vollenweider, limnologist, environmentalist, teacher (born 27 June 1922 in Zurich, Switzerland; died 20 January 2007 in Burlington, ON).

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    Richard Albert Wilson

    Richard Albert Wilson, educator, author (b near Renfrew, Ont 18 Mar 1874; d at Vancouver 2 Jan 1949). Born on a farm in rural Ontario, he spent nearly the first half of his life working his way through school.

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    R.B. Bennett

    Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell, businessman, lawyer, politician, philanthropist, prime minister of Canada 7 August 1930 to 23 October 1935 (born 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, NB; died 26 June 1947 in Mickleham, England). R.B. Bennett is perhaps best remembered for his highly criticized response to the Great Depression, as well as the subsequent unemployment relief camps and the On to Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot. However, he also created the Bank of Canada, the Canadian Wheat Board and the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He also oversaw Canada’s signing of the Statute of Westminster. For his service during the Second World War, he was appointed to Britain’s House of Lords and became Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell.

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    Richard Bladworth Angus

    Richard Bladworth Angus, banker (b at Bathgate, Scot 28 May 1831; d at Senneville, Qué 17 Sept 1922). Trained in a Manchester bank, he immigrated to Québec in 1857 and joined the BANK OF MONTREAL and became its general manager in 1869.

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    Richard Boucher

    Boucher, Richard (-Gaudreault). Composer, b Montreal 8 Nov 1946, d Greenfield Park, near Montreal, 7 Jan 1987.

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    Richard Bradshaw

    Richard (James) Bradshaw. Conductor, organist, administrator, b Rugby, England, 26 Apr 1944, d Toronto 15 Aug 2007; BA Hons (University of London) 1965, hon fellowship (Royal Conservatory of Music) 2001, hon LLD (Toronto) 2003.

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    Richard B. Wright

    Richard Bruce Wright, novelist, editor, teacher (born 4 March 1937 in Midland, ON; died 7 February 2017). Richard Wright's novels frequently explore lives in urban Canada and crises of personal identity in modern cities.

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