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    John Slatter

    John Slatter. Bandmaster, composer, arranger, b London 21 Feb 1864, d Toronto 7 Dec 1954. After studies at the British Army Training School of Music, he became a euphonium soloist with the First Life Guards Band in London in 1882. In 1884 he joined the Victor Herbert Orchestra in New York.

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    John Smith Archibald

    John Smith Archibald, architect (b at Inverness, Scot 14 Dec 1872; d at Montréal 2 Mar 1934).

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    John Sopinka

    John Sopinka, Supreme Court justice, lawyer, social advocate, author, football player, violinist (born 19 March 1933 in Broderick, SK; died 24 November 1997 in Ottawa, ON). John Sopinka played in the Canadian Football League while studying law at the University of Toronto. As a prominent litigation attorney, he represented Ukrainian Canadians in national and international commissions and handled other influential cases. In 1988, he became the first Ukrainian Canadian appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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    John Steffler

    John Steffler, poet, novelist (born at Toronto, ON 13 Nov 1947). John Steffler was raised near Thornhill, Ontario and resides in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

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    John Hirsch

    John Stephen Hirsch, theatre director, administrator (born 1 May 1930 in Siófok, Hungary; died 1 August 1989 in Toronto, ON).

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    John Stratton

    John (Reginald) Stratton. Record historian and producer, baritone, b Toronto 1 Aug 1931; BA (Trinity College, Toronto) 1954, MA (Toronto) 1958, PH D philosophy (Toronto) 1969.

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    John Stromberg

    John (Alexander) Stromberg (b Stramberg). Composer, pianist, conductor, b Milton, P.E.I., 9 Nov 1858, d Freeport, Long Island, New York, 5 Jul 1902. John Stramberg was raised in Milton and River John, P.E.I. His father, Nathaniel Philip Stramberg (b River John, N.S.

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    John Sutherland

    John Sutherland, writer, editor (b at Liverpool, NS 21 Feb 1919; d at Toronto 1 Sept 1956). Sutherland's formal studies (Queen's 1936-37 and McGill 1941-42) were interrupted by ill health which dogged him all his life.

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    John Teague

    John Teague, contractor, architect (b at Redruth, Cornwall, Eng 3 June 1835; d at Victoria, BC 25 Oct 1902). Teague left England in 1856, going to California via New York. He found work as a general contractor, erecting buildings for mining companies.

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    John Terpstra

    John Terpstra, poet, author, cabinetmaker (born at Brockville, ON). A child of parents who emigrated to Canada from the Netherlands, John Terpstra attended school in Edmonton, Alberta and Hamilton, Ontario, where he still resides.

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    John Thomas Southcott

    After an apprenticeship with J. and J.T. Southcott, John Thomas was sent to Exeter to study architecture with W.R. Best, who had been in Newfoundland c 1849-55. His return to St John's in 1876 saw the general introduction of the Second Empire style to Newfoundland.

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    John Thrower

    Thrower, John (David). Composer, conductor, clarinetist, b North Battleford, Sask, 5 Nov 1951; B MUS (Toronto) 1975. He began to study the clarinet at 8 and became principal clarinet of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra at 16.

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    John Tiktak

    John Tiktak, sculptor (b at Kareak, a small camp between Eskimo Point (now Arviat) and Whale Cove, NWT 1916; d at Rankin Inlet, NWT 9 June 1981). At first a hunter, he moved to Rankin Inlet in 1958 to work at the nickel mine.

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    John Tuttle

    John (Hull) Tuttle. Organist, choirmaster, teacher, b Bryn Mawr, PA, 17 Jan 1946, naturalized Canadian 1975; B MUS (organ) (Curtis) 1969, honorary FRCO (London) 1987, honorary FRCCO 1988, honorary D LITT S (Toronto) 2004. John Tuttle began playing the piano at age five and the organ at age 15.

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    John Vanderpant

    John Vanderpant, photographer (b Jan van der Pant at Alkmaar, Netherlands 11 Jan 1884; d at Vancouver 24 July 1939). A major influence on Canadian photography in the 1920s and 1930s, he established a distinctive style that

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