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    Gordon V. Thompson

    Gordon V. (Vincent) Thompson. Songwriter, music publisher, b Humberstone (now part of Port Colborne, Ont, on Lake Erie) 9 Aug 1888, d Toronto 12 May 1965.

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    Gordon Wry

    ​Gordon Wry, tenor, choir conductor (born 7 October 1910 in Saint John, NB; died 1985). 

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    Grace MacLennan Grant Campbell

    Grace MacLennan Grant Campbell, writer (born at Williamstown, Ont 1895; died at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont 31 May 1963). Born in the rural community of Williamstown, Ontario, Grace Campbell attended QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY on scholarship and studied English literature.

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    Gradimir Pankov

    Gradimir Pankov, dancer, ballet master, teacher, artistic director (born 25 October 1938 in Skopje, Macedonia). Having been the artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater II, the National Ballet of Finland, the Cullberg Ballet in Sweden and the Ballet du Grande Théâtre de Genѐve, Gradimir Pankov moved to Canada in 1999 to take over Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.

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    Graeme Ferguson

    Ivan Graeme Ferguson, filmmaker, executive (born 7 October 1929 in Toronto, Ontario; died 8 May 2021 in Norway Point, Ontario). Ivan Graeme Ferguson has been the recipient of numerous awards and acclaim for his contributions to the film industry, both in Canada and internationally.

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    Graeme Mercer Adam

    Graeme Mercer Adam, publisher, editor, author (b at Loanhead, Midlothian, Scot 25 May 1839; d at New York City 30 Oct 1912). During his career in Canada, Adam was a tireless supporter of Canadian letters.

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    Graham Coughtry

    Graham Coughtry, painter (b at St-Lambert, Qué 8 June 1931; d at Toronto 13 Jan 1999). Coughtry studied at the Ontario College of Art 1949-53. His first exhibition was with Michael SNOW at Hart House, University of

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    Graham George

    Graham (Elias) George. Composer, teacher, theorist, organist-choirmaster, conductor, b Norwich, England, 11 Apr 1912, d Kingston, Ont, 9 Dec 1993; ACCO 1934, ARCO 1935, FCCO 1936, B MUS (Toronto) 1936, D MUS (Toronto) 1939.

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    Graham Godfrey

    (Harold) Graham Godfrey. Conductor, organist, composer, b Birmingham 1890, d Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England, 23 Dec 1955; B MUS (Birmingham), D MUS (Toronto) 1932. He studied in England, at the Midland Institute and with Granville Bantock in Birmingham.

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    Graham Peacock

    Graham Peacock, painter (b at London, Eng 26 July 1945). Peacock studied at Goldsmiths School of Art in the University of London (1962-66) and soon developed an interest in the abstract art of Mondrian and Malevich, and then Rothko and Noland.

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    Graham Townsend

    Graham (Craig) Townsend. Fiddler, mandolinist, pianist, composer, b Toronto 16 Jun 1942, d Barrie, Ont, 3 Dec 1998. His father, Fred (1900-1981) was Don Messer's square dance caller for many years.

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    Graham Townsend Jr

    Graham Jr (Gray) Townsend. Singer-songwriter, pianist, b 2 May 1975. Gray Townsend was a member of the Graham Townsend Show, and accompanied his father at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in 1998. He has also done solo work.

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    Grand Chantre

    Grand Chantre (Precentor). In the 15th century this term was used to refer to a church dignitary in charge of the singing of the choir in cathedrals and collegiate churches. On special holidays he donned the cope and bore the cantor's rod as symbols of his authority.

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    Grant Allen

    Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen, writer, historian, scientist (born 24 February 1848 in Alwington, ON; died 25 Oct 1899 in London, England). Grant Allen spent most of his youth in Canada, and completed his formal education in France and England, where he graduated from Merton College, Oxford, in 1871.

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    Grant Munro

    Grant Munro, animator, director, producer, actor (b at Winnipeg 25 Apr 1923). Grant Munro attended the Musgrove School of Art and the Winnipeg School of Art.

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