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    Edward Cridge

    Edward Cridge, dean of British Columbia, bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church (b at Bratton Flemming, Devonshire, Eng 17 Dec 1817; d at Victoria, BC 6 May 1913).

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    Edward Dagge Worthington

    Edward Dagge Worthington, physician (b at Ballinakill, Ire 1 Dec 1820; d at Sherbrooke, Qué 25 Feb 1895). In 1847 Worthington pioneered the use of general anesthesia in Canada.

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    Edward Dickinson Blodgett

    Edward Dickinson Blodgett, poet, literary critic, translator (b at Philadelphia, Pa 26 Feb 1935; Canadian citizen). The author of 8 volumes of poetry, Blodgett was educated at Amherst College (BA 1956), the University of Minnesota (MA 1961) and Rutgers University (PhD 1969).

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    Edward Donald Bellew, VC

    Edward Donald Bellew, VC, civil engineer, public servant, soldier (born 28 October 1882 in Bombay, India; died 1 February 1961 in Kamloops, BC). Bellew served in the British army prior to the First World War but subsequently resigned his commission in 1903 and moved to Canada. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in 1914 and fought at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Bellew was captured, but later repatriated due to poor health. He took up employment in Canada again until his retirement in 1922. 

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    Edward Ellice

    Edward Ellice, fur trader, merchant, politician (b at London, Eng 23 or 27 Sept 1783; d near Glengarry, Scot 17 Sept 1863).

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    Edward Ernest Prince

    Edward Ernest Prince, fisheries biologist (b at Leeds, Eng 23 May 1858; d 10 Oct 1936). Educated at St Andrews, Cambridge and Edinburgh universities, Prince was a disciple of W.C. McIntosh of St Andrews, a leading fishery scientist. In 1893 he was appointed commissioner of fisheries.

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    Edward Evanko

    Edward (Daniel) Evanko. Tenor, actor, b Winnipeg 19 Oct 1941. He won the first of many trophies in the Manitoba (Winnipeg) Music Competition Festival at 13. He studied with Herbert Belyea and Lucien Needham and sang professionally for the first time at Rainbow Stage.

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    Edward Farrer

    Edward Farrer, journalist (b near Castlebar?, Ire; d at Ottawa 27 Apr 1916).

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    Edward Feild

    Edward Feild, bishop (b at Worcester, Eng 7 June 1801; d at Hamilton, Bermuda 8 June 1876). Ordained in the Church of England in 1827, Feild displayed organizational ability and his arrangements became known as the "Feild System.

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    Edward Fisher

    Edward Fisher. Administrator, organist, conductor, teacher, b Jamaica, Vt, 11 Jan 1848, d Toronto 31 May 1913; honorary D MUS (Trinity College, Toronto) 1898.

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    Edward Foster

    Edward Foster, policeman, fingerprint pioneer (b near Stittsville, Ont 14 Nov 1863; d at Ottawa 21 Jan 1956). Foster joined the DOMINION POLICE as a constable in 1890. While at the St Louis World's Fair in 1904, his interest was awakened in the controversial science of fingerprint identification.

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    Edward Gawler Prior

    Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, businessman, premier of BC 1902-03 (b at Dallaghgill, Eng 21 May 1853; d at Victoria 12 Dec 1920). In 1873 Prior immigrated to Vancouver Island, BC, and worked for a mining company in Nanaimo.

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    Ted Harrison (Edward Harrison)

    Edward Harrison, "Ted," artist, children's book author and illustrator (b at Wingate, County Durham, Eng 28 Aug 1926; died 16 January 2015 in Victoria, British Columbia).

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    Edward James Lennox

    At age 22 Lennox entered into a partnership with William Frederick McCaw. Their commissions ranged from commodious villas to large neo-Gothic churches and a first-class hotel (now unfortunately demolished) on Toronto Island for the world-famous Canadian rower Ned HANLAN.

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    Edward Jessup

    Edward Jessup, Loyalist, soldier and founder of Prescott (born December 1735 in Stamford, Connecticut; died 3 February 1816 in Prescott, Upper Canada [Ontario]).

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