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    Howard Charles Clark

    Howard Charles Clark, FRSC, chemist, university administrator (born 4 September 1929 in at Auckland, New Zealand; died 14 August 2024 in Guelph, ON). Clark came to Canada in 1957 and rapidly established a reputation for original work in organo-metallic, co-ordination and fluorine chemistry (see Chemistry; Chemistry Subdisciplines).

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    Howard Charles Green

    Howard Charles Green, lawyer, politician (b at Kaslo, BC 5 Nov 1895; d at Vancouver 26 July 1989). Appointed minister of public works in the first DIEFENBAKER government, Green assumed the Dept of External Affairs portfolio in 1959 after Sidney SMITH's sudden death.

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    Howard Dyck

    In 1972 Dyck became conductor and artistic director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir (later renamed the Grand Philharmonic Choir) and in 1988 also of its Chamber Singers.

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    Howard Engel

    Howard Engel, novelist, cartoonist (under the pen name “Foo”), story writer, poet (born 2 April 1931 in Toronto, ON; died 16 July 2019 in Toronto). Howard Engel was raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, and educated at McMaster University and the Ontario College of Education. During his career as a producer of literary and cultural programs at the CBC, Engel published a few stories and poems, but he did not begin to write seriously until he became interested in detective fiction.

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    Howard Ferguson

    George Howard Ferguson, lawyer, Conservative politician, premier of Ontario 1923-30 (b at Kemptville, Ont 18 June 1870; d at Toronto 21 Feb 1946). He personified Ontario in the 1920s: a mix of 19th-century values and 20th-century ambitions.

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    Howard Fogg

    Howard (Frank) Fogg. Violinist, conductor, composer, b Lewiston, Me, 27 Apr 1892, d Montreal 17 May 1953. After studying music in Lewiston, notably with Gustav Haanka, Fogg moved to Montreal in 1913. He served as a lieutenant during World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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    Howard Fredeen

    Howard Townley Fredeen, agricultural research scientist (born 10 December 1921 in Macrorie, SK; died 27 December 2021 in Lacombe, Alberta ). Fredeen is recognized for codeveloping the Lacombe breed of hogs, the first breed of hogs developed in Canada. (See also Animal Breeding; Pig Farming.) In addition to his genetics research, Fredeen wrote and published about the city and history of Lacombe.

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    Howard Graham

    Howard Douglas Graham, lawyer, army officer (b at Buffalo, NY 15 July 1898; d at Oakville, Ont 28 Sept 1986). A WWI veteran, having enlisted at age 17, Graham rose to become chief of the general staff 1955-58. He practised law in Trenton, Ont, 1922-39, and was mayor in 1933.

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    Howard Leyton-Brown

    Leyton-Brown, Howard. Violinist, conductor, administrator, teacher, b Melbourne, Australia, 19 Dec 1918, naturalized Canadian 1963; Associate in music (Australia) 1931, diploma (Melbourne) 1937, LGSM 1952, FGSM 1955, DMA (Michigan) 1972.

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    Howard Mawson

    Howard (Allan) Mawson. Baritone, actor, b Toronto 23 May 1920, d 28 Mar 2004. Howard Mawson studied with Ruth Cross-Vanderpott, 1943-51 at the Hambourg Conservatory and 1951-8 privately, and with Irene Jessner at the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1959.

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    Howard O'Hagan

    Howard O'Hagan, writer (b at Lethbridge, Alta 17 Feb 1902; d 18 Sept 1982). O'Hagan was one of the first native-born westerners to make a mark on Canadian literature and is best known for his novel of the Rocky Mountains, Tay John (1939). His life is almost as noteworthy as his writing.

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    Howard Pawley

    Pawley led his party to victory in the Nov 1981 and March 1986 elections. The most controversial action by the Pawley government during its first term was the introduction of a resolution entrenching French language rights.

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    Howard Shore

    Howard Shore. Composer, conductor, orchestrator, saxophonist, b Toronto 18 Oct 1946; B MUS (Berklee College of Music) 1969, honorary D LITT (York) 2007, honorary D MUS (Berklee) 2008.

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    Howard Turner Barnes

    Howard Turner Barnes, physicist (b at Woburn, Mass 21 July 1873; d at Burlington, Vt 4 Oct 1950). Graduating from McGill in 1893 in applied sciences, he was initiated into research work by his physics professor Hugh L. Callendar, an authority in electrical precision measurements.

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    Howie Meeker

    Howard William “Howie” Meeker, hockey broadcaster, player, coach (born 4 November 1923 in Kitchener, ON; died 8 November 2020 in Nanaimo, BC). Howie Meeker won a Junior B hockey championship and served with the army’s Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers before joining the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1946. He won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie in 1947, and won four Stanley Cups in his first five years with the Maple Leafs. He also served as a Member of Parliament and played a key role in the development of hockey in Newfoundland. He was perhaps best known for his enthusiastic and influential commentary on CBC TV’s Hockey Night in Canada. A Member of the Order of Canada, Meeker was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame.

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