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    Lucio Agostini

    Lucio Agostini, conductor, composer, arranger (b at Fano, Italy 30 Dec 1913; d at Markham, Ont 15 Feb 1996). 

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    Lucio Agostini

    Lucio Agostini. Conductor, composer, arranger, b Fano, Italy, 30 Dec 1913, naturalized Canadian 1926, d Toronto 15 Feb 1996.

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    Lucius O'Brien

    Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter (born 15 August 1832 in Shanty Bay, Upper Canada; died 13 December 1899 in Toronto, ON). Lucius O’Brien was considered the country's most proficient landscape painter in both oil and watercolour.

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    Lucy Maud Montgomery (Plain-Language Summary)

    Lucy Maud Montgomery, OBE, writer (born 30 November 1874 in Clifton (now New London), PEI; died 24 April 1942 in Toronto, ON). Lucy Maud Montgomery is perhaps Canada’s most widely read author. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), was an instant best-seller. It has remained in print for more than 100 years. Montgomery wrote more than 500 short stories and 21 novels. She also authored two poetry collections and numerous journal and essay collections. Her body of work has sold around 50 million copies worldwide. Montgomery was named an Officer of both the Order of the British Empire and the Literary and Artistic Institute of France. She was the first Canadian woman to be made a member of the British Royal Society of Arts. She was declared a Person of National Historic Significance in Canada in 1943. This article is a plain-language summary of Lucy Maud Montgomery. If you are interested in reading about this topic in more depth, please see our full-length entry: Lucy Maud Montgomery.

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    Lucy Qinnuayuak

    Lucy Qinnuayuak, artist (b near Sugluk, Qué 1915?; d at Cape Dorset, NWT 10 Sept 1982). One of the most popular Inuit graphic artists, noted primarily for fanciful arctic birds, Lucy began to draw in the late 1950s at the time James Houston started Inuit Printmaking experiments at Cape Dorset.

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    Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok

    Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, sculptor (born 1934 in Nunalla, MB; died 12 April 2012 in Arviat, NU).

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    Ludger Duvernay

    Ludger Duvernay, newspaperman, editor, printer, politician, Patriote (born 22 January 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada; died 28 November 1852 in Montréal, Canada East). 

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    Ludmilla Chiriaeff

    Ludmilla Chiriaeff, née Otzup, dancer, choreographer, teacher, director (b at Rigà, Latvia, 10 Jan 1924; d at Montréal 22 Sept 1996).

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    Luigi Romanelli

    Romanelli, Luigi. Orchestra leader, violinist, b Belleville, Ont, 29 Nov 1885, d Murray Bay (La Malbaie), Que, 29 Jul 1942.

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    Luigi von Kunits

    Kunits, Luigi von (b Ludwig Paul Maria). Conductor, violinist, teacher, composer, b Vienna 20 Jul 1870, d Toronto 8 Oct 1931; D JURIS (Vienna) ca 1891, honorary D MUS (Toronto) 1926.

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    Luke Anguhadluq

    Luke Anguhadluq, artist and member of the Utkuhikhalingmiut people (born 1895 near Chantrey Inlet, NWT [now Nunavut]; died 8 February 1982 in Baker Lake, NWT [now Nunavut]). 

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    Lydia Adams

    Lydia (Muriel) Adams. Piano accompanist, choral conductor, arranger, b Glace Bay, NS, 18 May 1953; B MUS (Mount Allison) 1975, B ED (Mount Allison) 1976, ARCM vocal performance 1979, hon D MUS (Mount Allison) 2003.

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    Lydia Boucher

    Lydia (Sister Marie-Thérèse) Boucher. Teacher, composer, b St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, near Montreal, 28 Feb 1890, d Montreal 5 Mar 1971; lauréat (AMQ) 1914, diplôme académique (AMQ) 1916, B MUS (Montreal) 1931. She joined the Soeurs de Ste-Anne in 1907 and took her vows in 1909.

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    Lydia Campbell

    Lydia Campbell (née Brooks, formerly Lydia Blake, known commonly as “Aunt Lydia”), matriarch, writer (born 1 November 1818 at Hamilton Inlet, Newfoundland Colony; died 29 April 1905 in Mulligan, Newfoundland Colony). Campbell was an Anglo-Inuit matriarch in Labrador. She was the first person from Nunatsiavut to publish her writing. Her “Sketches of Labrador Life,” first published in 1894-95, is a rare autobiography detailing life in 19th-century Labrador. Campbell’s writing recounted the role of women in the period of early European colonization of the area.

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    Lyell Gustin

    Lyell (Adams Raphael) Gustin. Pianist, teacher, b Fitch Bay, near Sherbrooke, Que, 31 May 1895, d Saskatoon 7 Feb 1988; honorary LL D (Saskatchewan) 1969, honorary FTCL 1978. After studies at Stanstead Wesleyan College, Stanstead, Que, he moved to Saskatoon in 1912.

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