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John Bernard Boyle
John Bernard Boyle, painter (b at London, Ont 23 Sept 1941). Self-taught, Boyle, whose aim in youth was to be a writer, began painting around 1962 with the support of friends Greg CURNOE and Jack CHAMBERS. Boyle favours primary colours and bold handling.
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John Boyden
John Boyden. Baritone, b Woodstock, Ont, 22 Nov 1935, d Stratford, Ont, 5 Dec 1982. In 1939 his family moved to Stratford. He began singing as a boy soprano and later joined the Elizabethan Singers and studied with their conductor, Gordon D. Scott.
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John Burge
John (David Bryson) Burge. Composer, teacher, pianist, b Dryden, Ont, 2 Jan 1961; ARCT 1979, B MUS (Toronto) 1983, M MUS (Toronto) 1984, DMA (British Columbia) 1989.
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John Burke
John (Joseph) Burke. Composer, teacher, b Toronto 10 May 1951; B MUS (McGill) 1974, M MUS (Michigan) 1976, DMA (Michigan) 1983.
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John Burnett Parkin
John Burnett Parkin, architect (b at Toronto 26 June 1911; d at Los Angeles, Calif 17 Aug 1975). Parkin graduated in architecture from University of Toronto in 1935 and worked in London, England, before returning to Toronto in 1937 to establish a small architectural practice.
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John Cameron Porteous
John Cameron Porteous, stage and costume designer (b at Rosetown, Sask 2 Feb 1937). One of Canada's most distinguished designers and a veteran of the Canadian stage since the late 1960s, Porteous studied design at the Wimbledon School of Art in London, England.
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John Candy
Roles in major films soon followed, with the rotund Candy often cast as a lovable slob or loser with a heart of gold, as in Splash (1984). His later films as a supporting player included Spaceballs, Planes, Trains and Automobiles (both 1987) and Home Alone (1990).
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John Capek
John Capek. Composer, arranger, keyboardist, producer, b Prague, Czechoslovakia, 26 Nov 1946; Chemical Engineering Diploma (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) 1971.
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John Carter
John Carter. Choir conductor, organist, b London 7 Jul 1832, d Port Dalhousie (St Catharines), Ont, 1916. He arrived in Canada ca 1853 and lived at first in Quebec City, where he was organist 1853-6 at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
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John Castell Hopkins
John Castell Hopkins, journalist, encyclopedist (b at Dyersville, Iowa 1 Apr 1864; d at Toronto 5 Nov 1923). He became assistant editor of the Toronto Mail and Empire in 1890 and wrote a number of pamphlets, biographies and histories, including the deferential Life and Work of the Right Hon.
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John Celona
John (Anthony) Celona. Composer, saxophonist, b San Francisco 30 Oct 1947; B MUS (San Francisco State U) 1970, MA (San Francisco State U) 1971, PH D (U of California, San Diego) 1977. John Celona also studied at the University of Pittsburgh (as a Mellon fellow) and at Indiana U.
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Christopher Pratt
John Christopher Pratt, CC, ONL, painter, printmaker (born 9 December 1935 in St John's, NL; died 5 June 2022 in Salmonier River, NL). Christopher Pratt is considered one of the greatest classicists of contemporary Canadian painting, alongside his mentor, Alex Colville. Pratt is well known for his meticulous and pristine studies with typically Atlantic settings. He designed Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial flag in 1980 and was called “Canada’s most famous living painter” by the Globe and Mail in 2013. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1983 and received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018.
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John Colicos
John Colicos, actor (b at Toronto 10 Dec 1928; d 6 Mar 2000). He played classical and contemporary roles on the major stages of England, the US and Canada. His earliest professional work was with the Montreal Repertory Theatre. In 1951 he was selected best actor at the DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL.
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John Coulter
John William Coulter, writer (b at Belfast, Ire 12 Feb 1888; d at Toronto 1 Dec 1980). Coulter is best known for his historical trilogy Riel (written and produced 1950; publ 1962), The Crime of Louis Riel (1968) and The Trial of Louis Riel (1968). Most of his other plays are on Irish subjects.
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John Coveart
John Coveart. Pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, teacher, b Toronto 14 Sep 1924, d there 23 Jan 1987; ATCM 1943. He studied with Margaret Miller Brown and for two summers, 1943-4, with Gerald Moore.
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