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Article: Dictionary of Canadian biography v14: 1911-1920.
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Volume 14: 1911-1920. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. xxi, [1], 1247, [1] pp.; $100.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8020-3476-4.
The year 1999 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The Dictionary was established with a bequest to the University of Toronto from James Nicholson, a North Lancashireman who came to Canada in 1891 at the age of 30. Rather than pursue a career based on his training in architecture, Nicholson eventually went into business and made his fortune selling bird seed. Influenced by his reverence for the Dictionary of National Biography and its founder George Smith, Nicholson ...