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    John Vernon

    John Vernon, né Adolphus Raimundus Vernon Agopsowicz, actor (b at Zehner, Sask 24 Feb 1932; d at Los Angeles, 1 Feb 2005). John Vernon, with his strong presence and deep, resonant voice, made a career predominantly out of playing the villainous, the officious and the corrupt.

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    John Walker

    John Charles Walker, cinematographer, director, producer (born 5 July 1952 in Montreal,QC). John Walker is one of Canada's finest director/ cinematographers working in the documentary genre, and his films have won international acclaim. 

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    John Waterhouse

    John (Fereday Preston) Waterhouse. Violinist, teacher, conductor, b Bilston, near Birmingham, England, 28 Oct 1877, d Winnipeg 22 May 1970; FRAM 1947, LL D (Manitoba) 1965. One of Canada's distinguished teachers, he taught violin privately in Winnipeg for over 50 years.

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    John Watson

    John Watson, philosopher (b at Glasgow, Scot 25 Feb 1847; d at Kingston, Ont 27 Jan 1939). Canada's foremost early philosopher, he was a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada and author of 8 books and over 200 articles. He arrived at Queen's in Kingston, Ont, in 1872.

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    John Weinzweig

    He began to formally study conducting with Reginald Stewart at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1937 he completed the Bachelor degree in music at the University of Toronto where the Faculty consisted of the dean, Ernest MACMILLAN, and two lecturers, Leo SMITH and Healey WILLAN.

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    John Weinzweig

    Education and Early CareerThe eldest child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Rose (Burstyn) Weinzweig, John Weinzweig first studied music at 14, taking group lessons in mandolin at the Workman's Circle Peretz School in Toronto.

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    John Weldon

    John Felix Weldon, animator, director, composer, comic book artist (born at Belleville, Ont 11 May 1945). John Weldon was raised in Montréal and joined the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) in 1970 following studies in psychology and mathematics at McGill University.

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    John Wells

    John Wells, architect (b at Norwich, England c1790; d at Montréal 26 April 1864). Trained as a carpenter in the county of Norfolk, Wells became a Freeman in 1820.

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    John Wesley Dafoe

    John Wesley Dafoe, journalist and liberal reformer (born 8 March 1866 in Combermere, Canada West; died 9 January 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba). 

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    John W.F. Harrison

    John W.F. Harrison. Organist, conductor, b Bristol 1847, d Toronto 29 May 1935. He began his training in piano, organ, and voice under George Riseley, the organist of Bristol Cathedral, then studied organ in London and singing in Naples.

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    John William Beatty

    Beatty was a member of the Arts and Letters Club (seeARTISTS' ORGANIZATIONS), where Toronto artists and patrons met to discuss aesthetic and cultural concerns.

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    John Wilmer Long

    John Wilmer Long, "Jack," architect, community activist (b at Johnstown, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 1925; d at Vancouver 8 Feb 2001), was educated at Pennsylvania State University, graduating with a B.Arch in 1950.

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    John Wilson Bengough

    Bengough is also of secondary interest as a 19th-century social radical, to whom communalism, vegetarianism, feminism, antivivisectionism and prohibition combined in one vast utopian ideal.

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    John Wycliffe Lowes Forster

    John Wycliffe Lowes Forster, portrait and landscape painter, writer (b at Norval, Canada W 31 Dec 1850; d at Toronto 24 Apr 1938). In 1869 he began studying portraiture in Toronto. He travelled to England and Europe in 1875 and 1879 and studied painting in Paris.

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    John Wyre

    John (Harvey) Wyre. Percussionist, composer, teacher, b Philadelphia 17 May 1941, naturalized Canadian 1972; B MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1963. He studied percussion 1956-9 with Fred Hinger of the Philadelphia Orchestra and 1959-64 with William Street at the ESM, Rochester, NY.

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