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    Frank Oliver

    Frank Oliver, newspaper publisher, politician (b Peel County, Canada W 14 Sept 1853; d at Ottawa 31 Mar 1933). He was the son of Allan Bowsfield but took his mother's maiden name. He brought the first printing press to Edmonton

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    Frank Robert Miller

    Frank Robert Miller, CC, CBE, engineer, air chief marshal (born 30 April 1908 in Kamloops, BC; died 20 October 1997 in Charlottesville, Virginia ). 

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    Frank Ross Anderson

    Frank Ross Anderson, international chess master (b at Edmonton, Alta 3 Jan 1938; d at San Diego, Calif 18 Sept 1980). 

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    Frank Russel Thurston

    Frank Russel Thurston, aircraft engineer (b at Chicago, Ill 5 Dec 1914). Thurston's British parents took him at age one to England, where he worked from 1937 at the National Physical Laboratory.

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    Frank Scott

    Francis Reginald (Frank) Scott, poet, professor of constitutional law, socialist (born 1 August 1899 in Quebec City, QC; died 30 January 1985 in Montreal, QC). Scott was an influential figure in the socialist movement in Canada. He was a founding member of the League for Social Reconstruction and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, helping to write the Regina Manifesto (1933). Scott also received two Governor General’s Literary Awards: Essays on the Constitution won the award for nonfiction (1977) and Collected Poems the award for poetry (1981).

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    Frank Scott Hogg

    Frank Scott Hogg, astrophysicist (b at Preston, Ont 26 July 1904; d at Richmond Hill, Ont 1 Jan 1951). In 1929 Hogg received the first doctorate in ASTRONOMY awarded by Harvard, where he pioneered in the spectrophotometry of stars and in the study of the spectra of comets.

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    Frank Calder

    Frank Sellick Calder, hockey executive (born 17 November 1877 in Bristol, England; died 4 February 1943 in Montreal, QC). Frank Calder served as president of the National Hockey League (NHL) from its founding in 1917 until his sudden death in 1943. During his tenure, the league expanded into major US cities and cemented itself as the top tier of professional hockey. The NHL’s rookie-of-the-year award (Calder Memorial Trophy) and the American Hockey League’s championship trophy (Calder Cup) are both named in his honour. Calder was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

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    Frank Sinatra (Obituary)

    Ol' Blue Eyes probably put it best himself, in that smoky voice with the smart phrasing. He was, quite simply, "King of the hill, top of the heap.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 25, 1998

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    Frank Stephen Meighen

    Frank Stephen Meighen. Patron of the arts, impresario, army officer, b Perth, Ont, 26 Dec 1870, d Montreal 19 Jan 1946; BA (McGill) 1889. He inherited his father's fortune and was an astute businessman involved mainly in railways and the milling trade.

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    Frank Stronach

    Frank Stronach, CM, businessman, politician, sportsman (born 6 September 1932 in Kleinsemmering, Austria). Frank Stronach built Magna International into one of the world’s largest automotive part suppliers (see Automotive Industry). A controversial public figure due to his economic beliefs, political activities, and presence in the horse racing world, Stronach faced numerous legal charges in later life over allegations of committing sexual assault. (See also Criminal Code of Canada.) 

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    Frank Stronach (Profile)

    Picture this. It is Dec. 26, opening day at Southern California's Santa Anita Race Track. The weather is fabulous: 70°, as they say in the States, and clear enough to see the purply-brown slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 29, 1999

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    Frank Stronach (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on September 30, 1996. Partner content is not updated. Frank Stronach is pointing the toes of his black reptilian cowboy boots in the air, heeling his way through the muck of the hoedown he holds every year near his Beechwood Farm, north of Toronto. He is dressed all in black, with little faux artillery shells running around the band of his cowboy hat.

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    Frank Thorolfson

    Frank Thorolfson. Educator, pianist, organist, conductor, composer, b Winnipeg, of Icelandic parents, 5 Feb 1914, d Hamilton, Ont, 26 Mar 1977; ATCM 1932, LAB 1933, M MUS (Chicago Musical College) 1952, honorary FRHCM 1972.

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    Frank Welsman

    Frank (Squire) Welsman. Conductor, teacher, pianist, b Toronto 20 Dec 1873, d at his summer home, Lake Joseph, Muskoka, Ont, 2 Jul 1952.

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    Franklin Carmichael

    Franklin Carmichael, painter (born 4 May 1890 in Orillia, ON; died 24 October 1945 in Toronto, ON). A founding member of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael was active and influential as a painter, industrial designer and teacher. He was a founding member of both the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and the Canadian Group of Painters. Carmichael taught at the Ontario College of Art (now the Ontario College of Art and Design University) as head of Graphic and Commercial Art from 1932 until his death in 1945.

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