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    Frances Loring

    Frances Norma Loring, sculptor (born 14 October 1887 in Wardner, Idaho; died 5 February 1968 in Newmarket, ON). A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, founding member of the Sculptors Society of Canada, and one of Canada’s representatives at the 1960 Venice Biennale, Frances Loring was one of Canada’s most prominent sculptors. She was responsible for works such as the lion on the Queen Elizabeth Way Monument (1939) — originally located at the Toronto entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Way and now in the Sir Casimir Gzowski Park in Toronto — and the statue of Robert Borden (1957) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

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    Frances Stewart

    Frances Stewart, née Browne, diarist, letter writer (b at Dublin, Ire 24 May 1794; d near Peterborough, Ont 24 Feb 1872).

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    Frances Wagner

    Frances Joan Estelle Wagner, FRSC, micropaleontologist (born 28 May 1927 in Hamilton, ON; died 8 November 2016 in Falmouth, NS). Frances Wagner was a geologist and a pioneer in the field of micropaleontology. She mapped and dated geological layers of Canada’s land and oceans by studying microscopic fossils. She was among the first women to conduct field research for the Geological Survey of Canada as well as onboard a Canadian government research ship. Click here for definitions of key terms used in this article.

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    Francesco D'Auria

    Francesco (Mariano) D'Auria. Conductor, composer, teacher, b Naples 1841, d after 1913. D'Auria was the conductor for the US tour 1881-2 of the soprano Adelina Patti, and worked in New York and Cincinnati before joining the TCM in 1887 as a voice teacher. W.H. Hewlett, Edith Miller, and J.D.A.

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    Francess Georgina Halpenny

    Francess Georgina Halpenny, editor (b at Ottawa 27 May 1919). After studies in English at the University of Toronto, she began in 1941 her long association with U of T Press, interrupted only by service in the RCAF 1942-45.

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    Francine Noël

    Francine Noël, novelist and playwright (b at Montréal, 1945).

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    Francine Ouellette

    Francine Ouellette (born 11 March 1947 in Montréal, Québec).

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    Francis Amyot

    Francis Amyot, Frank, paddler (b at Toronto, Ont 14 Sept 1904; d at Ottawa 21 Nov 1962). His father, Dr John A. Amyot, was federal deputy minister of health. In Ottawa Frank Amyot canoed at the Rideau Aquatic Club and the

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    Francis Arthur Sutton

    Francis Arthur Sutton, "One-Arm," engineer, inventor, adventurer (b at Hylands, Eng 14 Feb 1884; d at Hong Kong 22 Oct 1944). As a young engineer Sutton built railways in Argentina and in Mexico prior to WWI.

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    Francis Bain

    Francis Bain, geologist, ornithologist, botanist, author, artist (b at Charlottetown 25 Feb 1842; d at York Point, PEI 23 Nov 1894). Bain, a self-educated farmer, was an authority on Prince Edward Island rocks, FOSSILS and natural history.

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    Francis Chaplin

    Francis (Eugene) Chaplin. Violinist, teacher, b Newcastle, NB, 30 Dec 1927, d Brandon, Man, 3 Dec 1993; Artist Diploma (Juilliard) 1950, Graduate Diploma (Juilliard) 1951, honorary D MUS (Mt Allison) 1974.

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    Francis Clergue

    Francis Hector Clergue, financier and industrial promoter (b at Brewer, Maine 28 May 1856; d at Montréal 19 Sept 1939). Born of Huguenot parents, Clergue studied law at Maine State College.

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    Francis Coleman

    Francis Arthur Coleman, television producer, administrator, conductor, writer (born 12 January 1924 in Montréal, QC; died 10 April 2008 in London, England).

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    Francis Conroy Sullivan

    Francis Conroy Sullivan, architect (b at Kingston, Ont 2 July 1882; d at Phoenix, Ariz 4 Apr 1929).

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    Francis de Rottenburg

    Baron Francis de Rottenburg, soldier, military figure in the WAR OF 1812 (b at Danzig [now Gdansk], Poland, 4 Nov 1757; d at Portsmouth, England, 24 Apr 1832). Francis de Rottenburg was the son of Franz Rottenburg, a merchant and landowner.

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