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    John Mercer Johnson

    John Mercer Johnson, lawyer, politician (born October 1818 in Liverpool, England; died 8 November 1868 in Chatham, NB).

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    John Meredith

    John Meredith, painter (b at Fergus, Ont 24 July 1933; d at Toronto, Ont 9 Sept 2000), brother of William RONALD. John Meredith Smith (known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith), studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958.

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    John Metcalf

    John Metcalf, short story writer, novelist, essayist, anthologist (b at Carlisle, England 12 Nov 1938; Canadian citizen 1970). Metcalf was educated at Bristol University, receiving his BA in 1960 and a Certificate in Education in 1961.

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    John Mighton

    John Mighton, playwright, mathematician, educator (b at Hamilton, Ont 2 October 1957). John Mighton's first subject of academic study was philosophy. He earned a BA at the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (1978) and a Masters in Philosophy at MCMASTER UNIVERSITY.

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    John Mills-Cockell

    Mills-Cockell, John. Composer, synthesizist, pianist, organist, b Toronto 19 May 1943. His teachers at the RCMT and the University of Toronto included John Coveart (piano), Samuel Dolin (composition), and Gustav Ciamaga (electronic music).

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    John Mockett Cramp

    John Mockett Cramp, Baptist minister, writer, educator (b at St Peter's, Isle of Thanet, Eng 25 July 1796; d at Wolfville, NS 6 Dec 1881). Although a well-known writer and theologian, Cramp made his important contribution in higher education.

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    John Molson

    John Molson, entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist (born 28 December 1763 near Moulton, Lincolnshire, England; died 11 January 1836 in Boucherville, Lower Canada). John Molson founded Canada’s oldest and largest brewery and introduced steamship travel in Canada. His investments in Montreal helped to transform the city from a colonial outpost to a cosmopolitan centre. Today, the brewing business he founded continues as part of Molson Coors Beverage Company.

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    John Molson Jr

    John Molson, Jr, brewer, entrepreneur in banking, transportation and utilities (b at Montréal 14 Oct 1787; d there 12 July 1860), eldest son of John MOLSON the elder, whose deputy he was from 1807 to 1835.

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    John Moncrieff

    John M. (May) Moncrieff. Bass, b Winnipeg 10 Mar 1891, d Windsor, Ont, 19 Feb 1966. After studies with Otto Morando in Toronto and Vladimir Rosing in Rochester and a concert tour of Canada, he made his stage debut in 1926 in Chautauqua, NY.

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    John Montague

    Montague, John (Angus). Violinist, teacher, b Gowganda, Ont, north of Sudbury, 2 Apr 1911, d Barrie, Ont, 24 Mar 1991. He studied 1929-35 at the TCM (RCMT) with Alexander Chuhaldin, Elie Spivak, and Kathleen Parlow (violin), and with Healey Willan (pedagogy).

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    John Morgan

    John Morgan, writer, actor (b at Aberdare, Wales 21 Sept 1930; d at Toronto 15 Nov 2004).

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    John Murray Anderson

    John Murray Anderson, theatrical entrepreneur, director, author, lyricist (b at St John's 20 Sept 1886; d at New York 30 Jan 1954).

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    John Murray Gibbon

    John Murray Gibbon, railway publicist and author (born 12 April 1875 in Udeweller, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; died 2 July 1952 in Montreal, QC). A publicist with the Canadian Pacific Railway, Gibbon also actively promoted Canadian arts and culture. He organized cultural festivals, organizations that promoted tourism in the Rockies and founded the Canadian Authors Association. Gibbon also authored several articles, poems and novels. His book Canadian Mosaic (1938) popularized the "mosaic" as a metaphor for the diversity of "the Canadian people.” It has since been used by politicians, educators and policy makers to describe the cultural makeup of the country.

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    John Murrell

    John Murrell, playwright, librettist, arts administrator, translator, director, actor, teacher (born 15 October 1945 in Lubbock, Texas; died 12 November 2019 in Calgary, AB). John Murrell was one of Canada’s most successful and respected playwrights. His plays Waiting for the Parade, Farther West and The Faraway Nearby all won the Chalmers Award for best Canadian play of the year. He was an accomplished librettist for operas and earned an international reputation for translating plays into English. He also served as associate director of the Stratford Festival, head of the Banff Playwrights Colony, head of the theatre section of the Canada Council for the Arts and artistic director of theatre arts at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He was a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He received the Canada Council’s Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts and the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

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    John Neilson

    John Neilson, newspaperman, publisher, editor, politician (born 17 July 1776 in Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; died 1 February 1848 in Québec City, Canada East). A staunch moderate, John Neilson supported a greater balance of power in the colony. Sympathetic to French-Canadians, he was a deputy with the Parti canadien in the Legislative Assembly – which later became the Parti patriote – and broke away when the party radicalized in the 1830s. Though he opposed the party’s republican and nationalist policies, Neilson continued to fight for French-Canadians, heavily condemning the Union of the Canadas in 1841. 

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