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Craig, James Henry, Sir, 1748-1812

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  • Person
  • 1748-1812

Sir James Henry Craig served as a colonial administrator in Lower Canada from 1807-1811.

Craigin, Louisa T.

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  • Person
  • 1837-1886

Mrs. Louisa Tucker Craigin (also Cragin), née Simmons was born in Roxbury, now a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. She was gifted in languages: she translated musical works for both adults and children from German, French and Italian into English. She married Lorenzo Silas Craigin in 1859, and on census forms identified herself as a housewife. In the later years of her life, however, she seems to have also written both stories and articles on social, political and religious topics. One piece of music, “Song of the Viking,” even credits her for the poem it accompanies. In 1881 several literary magazines mentioned that she was to be one of the editors of a newspaper for young adults entitled “Youth and Pleasure.” She wrote a three-volume set entitled “Sweet Home Series” which Lothrop published posthumously. Craigin spent most of her life in Boston and died there but was buried in Dublin, New Hampshire, beside her son Henry Craigin.

Craik, Robert, 1829-1906

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  • 1829-1906

Robert Craik was born in Montréal and graduated from McGill University as M.D., C.M. in 1854. Appointed house surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital, he distinguished himself by his heroic service during the cholera epidemic and by his subsequent reorganization of hospital services. From 1856 until 1861, Craik was demonstrator in anatomy in the Medical Faculty, and in 1859 he became curator of the Medical Museum. In 1861 he was appointed Professor of clinical surgery, and in 1867, Professor of chemistry. Craik gave up teaching in 1879, but remained treasurer of the faculty. He became Dean in 1889, and held this post for eleven years.

Cramp, J. M. (John Mockett), 1796-1881

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  • 1796-1881

John Mockett Cramp was born on July 25, 1796, in St. Peters, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England.
He was a Baptist minister, educator, and author. He attended Stepney Theological Institute in London. He was ordained in 1818 and became pastor of the Dean Street Baptist Church in London and other pastorates in several parts of England. In 1844, his growing reputation as a Baptist scholar led to the offer of the presidency of the Canada Baptist College in Montreal. During his presidency, Cramp edited the Montreal Register and, after 1849, the Colonial Protestant, Journal of Literature and Science, and the Pilot. He also became interested in the efforts of Henriette Feller to evangelize French Canadian Catholics. In 1850, the board of governors of the newly formed Acadia College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, selected Cramp as its president. The college was on the verge of collapse, but Cramp energetically set out to revive the institution and earned for himself the title “second founder” of Acadia. In addition to his duties as president, he taught classical languages, history, philosophy, theology, logic, political economy, and even geology. He also delivered a monthly public lecture, preached every Sunday evening, acted as unofficial assistant pastor of the Wolfville Baptist Church, and edited the Abstainer, the Athenæum, and Journal of Temperance. He retired in 1869. Among the books he published are “A Text-Book of Popery” (1831); “The Reformation in Europe" (1833); " Lectures for These Times" (1844); “Baptist History" (1868); “The Lamb of God " (1871), and “Paul and Christ, a Portraiture and an Argument” (1873).
In 1820, he married Maria Agate (1787–1823). In 1826, he remarried Anne Burls (1796–1862). He died on December 6, 1881, in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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