Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

GRIMES, GEORGE FREDERICK ARTHUR  
29 June 2013  
b. 29 June 1877 in Channel (Channel–Port aux Basques), Nfld  
MACDONELL, MILES  
28 June 2013  
d. 28 June 1828 in Pointe-Fortune, Upper Canada  
MONK, MARIA  
27 June 2013  
b. 27 June 1816 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada  
BRUNEAU, FRANÇOIS-JACQUES  
26 June 2013  
d. 26 June 1865 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)  
BEST, EDNA MAY WILLISTON (Sexton)  
25 June 2013  
b. 25 June 1880 in Shediac, N.B.  
WARD, EDMUND  
24 June 2013  
b. 24 June 1787 in Halifax  
STUART, WILLIAM HODGSON  
23 June 2013  
d. 23 June 1907 in Belleville, Ont.  
VANCOUVER, GEORGE  
22 June 2013  
b. 22 June 1757 at King’s Lynn, England  
MATOKINAJIN (Little Standing Buffalo)  
21 June 2013  
d. 21 June 1921 in Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.  
BECK, Sir ADAM  
20 June 2013  
b. 20 June 1857 in Baden, Upper Canada  
MARTIN, CHARLES-AMADOR  
19 June 2013  
d. at Sainte-Foy near Quebec, 19 June 1711  
GRASETT, HENRY JAMES (1847-1930)  
18 June 2013  
b. 18 June 1847 in Toronto