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Eileen Law
Eileen Law. Contralto, teacher, b Belfast 16 Oct 1900, d Toronto 30 Nov 1978; LCAM, ACAM mid-1920s. She studied 1922-6 with Jenny Taggart (voice) and Ernest MacMillan (piano) at the Canadian Academy of Music (earning the above-mentioned diplomas) and privately in 1926 and 1936 with Hope Morgan.
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E.K. Brown
Edward Killoran Brown, professor, critic (b at Toronto 15 Aug 1905; d at Chicago, Ill 24 Apr 1951). E.K. Brown was educated at University of Toronto and University of Paris, and he taught at University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, Cornell and University of Chicago.
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Elaine Keillor
Frances Elaine Keillor, CM, pianist, musicologist, teacher (born 2 September 1939 in London, ON). As a concert pianist in the 1950s and 1960s, Elaine Keillor became known for performing and promoting music written by Canadian composers, particularly women. She then became the first woman to earn a doctorate in musicology from the University of Toronto, specializing in ethnomusicology. She taught for many years at Carleton University, where she was responsible for the Canadian music program and the school’s first courses on the music of Indigenous peoples. She was a prolific contributor to the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada and served on the editorial board of the Journal of the Canadian Folk Music Society. She was also a representative for the Canadian University Music Society, chair of the Canadian Musical Heritage Society and a representative of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Elaine Mossop Sargous
Elaine (b Mossop) Sargous. Violinist, teacher. Sargous was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in the 1960s, and from 1969 to 1982 of the Chamber Players of Toronto.
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Elaine Tanner
Elaine Tanner, "Mighty Mouse,"; swimmer (b at Vancouver 22 Feb 1951). Tanner's career in international competition was brief but outstanding.
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Eldon Leslie Brown
Eldon Leslie Brown, mining engineer, executive (b at Toronto 19 Aug 1900; d at Brechin, Ont 20 Feb 1998). After working as an engineer for the Mond Nickel Co, Brown joined Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd in 1927, becoming president and managing director in 1946.
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Eldon Rathburn
Eldon Davis Rathburn, CM, composer, pianist, organist, teacher (born 21 April 1916 in Queenstown, NB; died 30 August 2008 in Ottawa, ON). Known as the “dean of Canadian film composers,” Eldon Rathburn worked as a composer at the National Film Board (NFB) from 1944 to 1976. He composed over 300 film scores throughout his career, including for canonical NFB shorts (City of Gold, Universe), key English-language features (Nobody Waved Good-bye, Who Has Seen the Wind) and several IMAX films. He also taught film score composition at the University of Ottawa (1972–76). A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and received the Arts and Heritage Award from the City of Ottawa.
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Eldridge Eatman
Eldridge “Gus” Eatman (also known as Eastman), sprinter, soldier, entertainer (born 12 March 1880 in Zealand Station, NB; died 15 August 1960 in St. John, NB). Eldridge Eatman was a Black Canadian athlete. He was one of the fastest men in the world between 1904 and 1908. In 1905, he set a Canadian record in the 100-yard sprint with a time of 9.8 seconds. He also served with distinction in the British Army during the First World War. Eatman later became an entertainer and an activist. He has been inducted into the Saint John Sports Hall of Fame, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame and the Maritime Sports Hall of Fame.
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Eleanor Bond
Eleanor Bond, painter (b at Winnipeg 25 Mar 1948). Graduated from the School of Art, University of Manitoba in 1976. Other studies included English, comparative religion and interior design with a particular interest in the built environment and the interpretation of public space.
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Eleanor Calbes
Eleanor Calbes. Soprano, b Aparri, Cagayan, the Philippines, 20 Feb 1944, naturalized Canadian 1967; teacher's diploma (Philippines) 1961.
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Eleanor Coerr
Eleanor Coerr, journalist, children’s author (born 29 May 1922 in Kamsack, SK; died 22 November 2010 in Princeton, New Jersey). An award-winning writer of children’s books, Eleanor Coerr is best known for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1977), the result of a childhood fascination with Japan and a reporting trip there in 1949. As the wife of a diplomat, Coerr spent many years abroad. Her travels inspired her writing, much of which focuses on historical figures and subjects from far-flung locales.
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Eleanor Collins
Elnora Ruth Collins (née Procter), CM, singer, actor (born 21 November 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta; died 3 March 2024 in Surrey, BC). Canada’s “first lady of jazz,” Eleanor Collins was the first Canadian woman and the first Black entertainer in Canada to have her own national television show, CBC TV’s The Eleanor Show (1955). Often compared to American singer Lena Horne, Collins performed on many television and radio variety shows, as well as in clubs. She was a Member of the Order of Canada and the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and the recipient of numerous lifetime achievement awards. Canada Post released a commemorative stamp in her honour in January 2022.
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Eleanor Daley
Eleanor Joanne Daley, OC, composer, organist, choir director, choral clinician (born 21 April 1955 in Parry Sound, ON). Eleanor Daley is a prolific choral composer based in Toronto, Ontario, with over 160 published works and many more unpublished compositions. She is known for her sacred music and text-sensitive, accessible style. Her work is performed, recorded and aired worldwide.
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Eleanor Hill Venning
Eleanor Marguerite (née Hill) Venning, FRSC, chemist, research endocrinologist (born 16 March 1900 in Montreal, QC; died 21 June 1988 in Cornwall, ON). Eleanor Hill Venning's groundbreaking work transformed our understanding of how hormone levels affect health and disease. Before her discoveries, measuring steroid hormones in blood was challenging because they disappeared so rapidly from the circulation. In 1936, Venning and John Browne reported that steroid hormones were metabolized and accumulated in the urine as stable compounds. In 1937, Venning developed her gravimetric method to isolate the key product of progesterone metabolism – sodium pregnanediol glucuronide (now abbreviated as PdG), showing for the first time that steroid hormone byproducts could be measured in urine. Her talent of developing assays to precisely measure stable hormone metabolites that could be assayed in urine was a key breakthrough for clinical assessments. With colleagues, she also helped develop a more highly sensitive photoelectric colorimetric assay to study estrin (now known as estrogen) metabolism during pregnancy. Having the tools to study the key hormones of the estrous cycle became the foundation to define the health status of pregnancy. By coupling chemical expertise to clinical outcomes, Venning’s research contributions bridged the gap between clinical chemistry and maternal/fetal and menstrual cycle health.
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Eleanor Koldofsky
Eleanor Koldofsky, record and film producer, arts patron (born 9 September 1920 in Toronto, ON; died 14 February 2023). Eleanor Koldofsky came from a family that valued music. The sister of the violinist Adolph Koldofsky, sister-in-law of pianist Gwendolyn Koldofsky, and former wife of Sam Sniderman, she helped establish the sound-recording archive of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in 1963 and continued to assist in its development until 1985.
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