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James Gayfer
James (McDonald) Gayfer. Bandmaster, clarinetist, organist-choirmaster, composer, teacher, adjudicator, b Toronto 26 Mar 1916, d Lindsay, Ont, 7 Apr 1997; B MUS (Toronto) 1941, ARCM 1946, LRAM 1947, D MUS (Toronto) 1950.
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James George Eayrs
James George Eayrs, political scientist, educator (born 13 October 1926 in London, England; died 6 February 2021 in Toronto, ON). Educated at the University of Toronto, Columbia and London School of Economics, Eayrs was Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Political Science and Government at Dalhousie University. He taught at the University of Toronto (1952–80) and at Dalhousie University (1980–92) and was editor of the International Journal (1959–84).
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James Gladstone
James Basil Gladstone, Kainai (Blood) interpreter, farmer, rancher, Indigenous rights advocate, senator (born 21 May 1887 at Mountain Hill, North-West Territories; died 4 September 1971 at Fernie, BC). James Gladstone was of Scottish, Cree and French Canadian ancestry. He devoted most of his life to the betterment of Indigenous peoples in Canada and was appointed the country’s first senator with Indian Status.
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James Glenie
James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, politician (born 1750 in Fife, Scotland; died 23 November 1817 in London, England).
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James Gordon MacGregor
James Gordon MacGregor, physicist (b at Halifax 31 Mar 1852; d at Edinburgh, Scot 21 May 1913). Educated at Dalhousie University, MacGregor was awarded a Gilchrist scholarship in 1871 and studied under Peter Guthrie Tait at Edinburgh and Gustav Wiedeman at Leipzig.
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James Gosling
James Arthur Gosling, OC, computer scientist, software engineer, executive (born 19 May 1955 in Calgary, AB). James Gosling is known as the “father of Java” for developing the versatile Java programming language that underpins many modern computer devices and software. (See also Technology; Computer Science.)
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James Hamilton Ross
James Hamilton Ross, rancher, politician, commissioner of the Yukon T, MP, senator (b at London, Canada W 12 May 1856; d at Victoria 14 Dec 1932).
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James H. Marsh
James Harley Marsh, CM, writer, editor (born 10 September 1943 in Toronto, ON). Marsh was the founding editor-in-chief of The Canadian Encyclopedia. He oversaw the creation of the Encyclopedia’s French edition, L’Encyclopédie du Canada, and The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (see Encyclopedia). He also became editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (EMC) and managed the online transition of both the EMC and The Canadian Encyclopedia under the direction of the Historica Foundation (now Historica Canada). Marsh is the recipient of numerous awards and honours.
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James Henry Gray
James Henry Gray, CM, journalist, social historian (born 31 August 1906 in Whitemouth, MB; died 12 November 1998 in Calgary, AB).
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James Henry Gundy
James Henry Gundy, investment dealer (b at Harriston, Ont 22 Mar 1880; d at Toronto 10 Nov 1951).
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James Howden MacBrien
James Howden MacBrien, soldier, policeman (b at Port Perry, Ont 30 June 1878; d at Toronto 5 Mar 1938). MacBrien served in the militia, the North-West Mounted Police and then the South African Constabulary 1901-06.
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James Hyndman
James Hyndman, actor (born 23 April 1962 in Bonn, Germany). After studying theatre for three years in Paris, this Quebec actor won favourable notices for his performance as Lenny in a French-language production of Harold Pinter’s play The Homecoming at Montreal’s L’Espace la Veillée in 1992. In the 1990s, he was cast in important roles in major films by Charles Binamé (Eldorado, 1995), Robert Lepage (Le polygraphe, 1996) and Jean Beaudin (Souvenirs intimes, 1999). The winner of two Prix Gémeaux (2003 and 2016), Hyndman has also played several major characters on Quebec television.
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James Jerome Hill
James Jerome Hill, pioneer transportation official, railway magnate (b at Rockwood, UC 16 Sept 1838; d at St Paul, Minn 29 May 1916). In 1856 Hill settled in St Paul.
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Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey has been compared to Jerry Lewis in his willingness - even eagerness - to embarrass himself and others and to enact a manic-depressive crisis of self-worth in hyperkinetic comic terms.
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James John Tompkins
James John Tompkins, Jimmy, priest, university administrator, pioneer in ADULT EDUCATION (b at Margaree, NS 7 Sept 1870; d at Antigonish, NS 5 May 1953).
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