|
The Toronto Globe is a Canadian daily newspaper. The Toronto Globe was founded in 844 by George Brown at a time when Ontario, then known as Upper Canada, was in a transitory stage of political development. The Toronto Globe had Liberal political leanings and was a factor in the accomplishment of the union of 1867. More recently the Toronto Globe has become known simply as 'The Globe'.
 Research Toronto Globe
Eleazar W Ripley was an American soldier. He was born in 1782 and died in 1839. He was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature from 1810 to 1812. He served in the attack on York (now Toronto), Canada, and commanded a brigade under General Brown on the Niagara frontier, fighting at Chippewa and Niagara. He was prominent in defence of Fort Erie. He represented Louisiana in the US Congress as a Jackson Democrat from 1835 to 1839.
Research Eleazar Ripley
George Brown was a Canadian journalist and politician. He was born in 1818 at Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1880 when he was shot by a sacked employee. Educated at the High School at Edinburgh, he emigrated to the United States with his father, and assisted in the management of a newspaper at New York; but in 1843 removed to Toronto, Canada, where he founded a newspaper, The Globe, which was very successful.
In 1852 he was returned to parliament, and rapidly rose to the first rank as a debater and advocate of reforms. In 1858 he was called to the office of premier, and formed an administration, which, however, owing to an adverse vote of the assembly, lasted only three days. In 1862, while on a visit to Scotland, he married Miss Annie Nelson, daughter of the well-known Edinburgh publisher. On his return to Canada he joined, in 1864, the coalition government as leader of the reform section, and took an active part in the conferences held at Charlottetown and Quebec on the subject of the federation of the North American colonies; but resigned his office as minister in December 1865. He was called to the senate in 1873, and the year after went to Washington along with Sir Edward Thornton to negotiate a commercial treaty with the United States.
George Brown, though perhaps wanting in some of the qualities which make a successful parliamentary leader, was a great personal force in Canadian politics, and contributed powerfully to the cause of reform.
George Douglas Brown was a Scottish author. He was born in 1869 at Ochiltree and died in 1902. After graduating at Oxford in 1895 he went to London and entered a literary and journalistic career working as literary advisor to the publisher Macqueen. In 1901 his novel 'The House With The Green Shutters' was published under the pen-name 'George Douglas'.
Sir George Brown was a distinguished British general. He was born in 1790 near Elgin and died in 1865. He served in the Peninsular War and in the American campaign of 1814. He was knighted in 1855.
Research George Brown
Goldwin Smith was an English publicist and historian. He was born in 1823 at Reading and died in 1910. Educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, he won several university prizes and became a fellow of University College in 1847, and though called to the bar in the same year never practised. He was closely identified with the reform of university education at Oxford, and became regius professor of history there in 1858. resigning in 1866, in 1868 he was appointed professor of English and constitutional history at Cornell , USA and in 1871 he settled in Toronto where he married a wealthy Canadian and lived the rest of his life. A renowned reformer, Goldwin Smith spent his whole life engaged in combating clericalism, militarism and imperialism and advocated independence for Canada and subsequently amalgamation with the USA.
Research Goldwin Smith
Sir John Evans was an English archaeologist. He was born in 1823. He was for some time an active member of a firm of paper-makers, but later retired from business and devoted himself chiefly to scientific pursuits, being distinguished as a geologist, numismatist, and antiquarian. From 1878 until 1896 he was treasurer of the Royal Society; in, 1897 he was president at the Toronto meeting of the British Association. He was created a KCB in 1892. His chief works are; The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland;
and The Ancient Bronze Implements, etc, of Great Britain and Ireland.
Research John Evans
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian statesman. He was born in 1897 at Newtonbrook, Ontario, and died in 1972. He was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. In 1928 he joined the Canadian department of external affairs as first secretary. His foreign assignments took him to London and to Washington, D.C., where he was ambassador from 1945 to 1946. He returned to Canada in 1946 and became undersecretary of state for external affairs; in 1948 he was named secretary of state for external affairs. He early advanced proposals for a Western alliance, which culminated in the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A member of the Canadian delegation to the UN from 1948 to 1957, Pearson was president of the Seventh UN General Assembly from 1952 to 1953. In 1957 Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his formulation of international policy in the post-Second World War period, and especially for his plan that led to the establishment of a UN emergency force in the
Suez Canal area in 1956. In 1958 he was selected to lead the Liberal party of Canada. In the elections of 1963 the Liberal party won a majority, and Pearson became prime minister, retiring in April 1968. Later in 1968 Pearson was appointed to head a commission sponsored by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to review and chart the future of economic aid to developing countries.
Research Lester Pearson
Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1927 at Toronto, Ontario.
Research Christopher Plummer
Dan Aykroyd (real name Daniel Agraluscarsacra) is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1952 at Ottawa. While studying sociology at Carleton University he started writing comedy skeyches and left university to go to Toronto where he performed with the Second City improvization comedy troupe where he was seen by John Belushi who introduced him to television.
Research Dan Aykroyd
David Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, writer and actor. He was born in 1943 at Toronto.
Research David Cronenberg
Donald Sutherland (Donald McNichol Sutherland) is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1935 at Saint John, New Brunswick. Donald Sutherland grew up in the town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and graduated from high school there before attending and graduating from the University of Toronto.
Research Donald Sutherland
|
The Probert Encyclopaedia was designed, edited and programed by
Matt and Leela Probert
©1993 - 2009 The Probert Encyclopaedia
Southampton, United Kingdom
|
|
|
Abbreviations
