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    Erik the Red

    Erik the Red (Eiríkr rauða in Old Norse and Eiríkur rauði in modern Icelandic, a.k.a. Erik Thorvaldsson), colonizer, explorer, chief (born in the Jæren district in Norway; died c. 1000 CE at Brattahlid, Greenland). An Icelandic settler of modest means who was exiled for his involvement in a violent dispute, Erik the Red rose in status as he explored Greenland and founded the first Norse settlement there. One of his sons, Leif Eriksson, led some of the first European explorations of the east coast of North America, including regions that are now part of Arctic and Atlantic Canada.

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    John By

    John By, lt-col, Royal Engineers (b at Lambeth, Eng and bap 10 Aug 1779; d at Frant, Eng 1 Feb 1836).

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    John G. FitzGerald

    John Gerald FitzGerald, FRSC, bacteriologist, pathologist, public health reformer and author (born 9 December 1882 in Drayton, ON; died 20 June 1940 in Toronto, ON). Known as “Canada’s public health visionary,” Dr. John FitzGerald was the founder of the Connaught Antitoxin Laboratories and a major contributor to Canada’s modern public health system (see Sanofi Pasteur Limited). He manufactured the first safe, effective Canadian-made diphtheria antitoxin and rabies vaccines. His work led to the control and eradication of numerous deadly infectious diseases in Canada.

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    Samuel Wilmot

    Samuel Wilmot, pisciculturist, farmer, politician (born 22 August 1822 in Clarke Township, West Durham, Upper Canada; died 17 May 1899 in Newcastle, ON). Samuel Wilmot established one of North America’s first fish hatcheries on his farm in Newcastle, Ontario. He began as an amateur working in his basement and became a leading authority on fish culture. Wilmot established 15 hatcheries across Canada and his designs influenced other hatcheries in North America.

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