Capital Lives Volumn I (in stock)

©2010 Valerie Knowles

Author: Valerie Knowles
Published: 2005
all rights reserved
ISBN 0-9739071-1-8
197 pages
Format 6 x 9 inches
Soft Cover

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Valerie Knowles Capital Lives profiles 32 well known Ottawa personalities including creative artists, engineers, entrepreneurs, MPs & judges, philanthropists, physicians, and public servents.  The book is an important addition to Ottawa’s local history.  It features 1000 words profiles for the 32 persons the author has chosen.  It includes profiles for the following people.

1. CREATIVE ARTISTS

Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-194 7)

Madge Macbeth (1878-1965)

Irene Spry (1907-1998)

Victor Tolgesy (1928-1980)

2. ENGINEERS

Thomas Coltrin Keefer (1821-1915)

Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915)

Sir Collingwood Schreiber (1831-1918)

3. ENTREPRENEURS

Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (1784-1857)

Henry Franklin Bronson (1817-1889)

Moss Kent Dickinson (1822-1897)

John Rudolphus Booth (1827-1925)

Alexander Smith Woodburn (1830-1940)

Thomas Ahearn (1855-1938)

William Washington Wylie (1860-1921)

G. Cecil Morrison (1890-1979)

4. MPs & JUDGES

Sir Richard William Scott (1825-1913)

Sir Lyman Duff (1865-1955)

senator Cairine Wilson ( 1885-1962)

Senator Eugene Forsey (1904-1991)

5. PHILANTHROPISTS

Lady Adeline Faster ( 1844-1919)

Lillian Freiman, OBE (1885-1940)

Lotta Hitschmanova ( 1909-1990)

Trudi Le Caine (1911-1999)

6. PHYSICIANS

Dr. Ham nett Hill (1811-1898)

Dr. Frederick Montizambert (1843-1929)

7. PUBLIC SERVANTS

Sir John George Bourinot ( 1836-1902)

Arthur Percy Sherwood ( 1854-1940)

William Terrill Macoun (1869-1933)

Eric Brown (1877-1939)

Marius Barbeau, ( 1883-1969)