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    John Walker

    John Charles Walker, cinematographer, director, producer (born 5 July 1952 in Montreal,QC). John Walker is one of Canada's finest director/ cinematographers working in the documentary genre, and his films have won international acclaim. 

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    John Walpole Willis

    John Walpole Willis, judge (b in Eng 4 Jan 1793; d in Worcestershire, Eng 10 Sept 1877). Willis arrived in Upper Canada in 1827 to take office as puisne justice of the court of King's Bench.

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    John Walter Jones

    John Walter Jones, farmer, politician, premier of PEI (b at Pownal, PEI 14 Apr 1878; d at Ottawa 31 Mar 1954). An unsuccessful Progressive candidate in the federal election of 1921, Jones was first elected to the provincial legislature as a Liberal in 1935.

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    John Ware

    John Ware, cowboy, rancher (born circa 1845–50 in the United States; died 11 September 1905 near Brooks, AB). John Ware is legendary in the history of Alberta for his strength, skilled farming techniques and skilled horsemanship. Born enslaved, he became a successful rancher who settled his first ranch near Millarville (near Calgary, Alberta) and his second ranch near Brooks, Alberta. Despite widespread anti-Black racism and discrimination, he was widely admired as one of the best ranchers and cowboys in the West. (See also Black Canadians.) Click here for definitions of key terms used in this article.

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    John Waterhouse

    John (Fereday Preston) Waterhouse. Violinist, teacher, conductor, b Bilston, near Birmingham, England, 28 Oct 1877, d Winnipeg 22 May 1970; FRAM 1947, LL D (Manitoba) 1965. One of Canada's distinguished teachers, he taught violin privately in Winnipeg for over 50 years.

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    John Watson

    John Watson, philosopher (b at Glasgow, Scot 25 Feb 1847; d at Kingston, Ont 27 Jan 1939). Canada's foremost early philosopher, he was a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada and author of 8 books and over 200 articles. He arrived at Queen's in Kingston, Ont, in 1872.

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    John Webster Grant

    John Webster Grant, UNITED CHURCH clergyman, church historian (b at Truro, NS 27 June 1919). He attended Dalhousie, Princeton and Oxford universities (Rhodes scholar 1941), graduated in theology from Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax, and served as a wartime chaplain in the RCN.

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    John Weinzweig

    He began to formally study conducting with Reginald Stewart at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1937 he completed the Bachelor degree in music at the University of Toronto where the Faculty consisted of the dean, Ernest MACMILLAN, and two lecturers, Leo SMITH and Healey WILLAN.

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    John Weinzweig

    Education and Early CareerThe eldest child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Joseph and Rose (Burstyn) Weinzweig, John Weinzweig first studied music at 14, taking group lessons in mandolin at the Workman's Circle Peretz School in Toronto.

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    John Weldon

    John Felix Weldon, animator, director, composer, comic book artist (born at Belleville, Ont 11 May 1945). John Weldon was raised in Montréal and joined the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) in 1970 following studies in psychology and mathematics at McGill University.

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    John Wells

    John Wells, architect (b at Norwich, England c1790; d at Montréal 26 April 1864). Trained as a carpenter in the county of Norfolk, Wells became a Freeman in 1820.

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    John Wendell Holmes

    John Wendell Holmes, OC, diplomat, scholar, civil servant (born 18 June 1910 in London, ON; died 13 August 1988 in London, ON).

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    John Wesley Dafoe

    John Wesley Dafoe, journalist and liberal reformer (born 8 March 1866 in Combermere, Canada West; died 9 January 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba). 

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    John W.F. Harrison

    John W.F. Harrison. Organist, conductor, b Bristol 1847, d Toronto 29 May 1935. He began his training in piano, organ, and voice under George Riseley, the organist of Bristol Cathedral, then studied organ in London and singing in Naples.

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    John White Hughes Bassett

    John White Hughes Bassett, broadcasting executive (b at Ottawa 25 Aug 1915; d at Toronto 27 Apr 1998). The son of the publisher of the Montréal Gazette, Bassett graduated from Bishop's University in 1936 and became a reporter with the Toronto Globe and Mail.

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