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Ashbaugh, James G.

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n97103439
  • Person
  • 1928-2000

James Graham Ashbaugh was born on June 24, 1928, in Lawrenceville, Illinois.

He was an Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Portland State University, Oregon. He was the author of many articles and books, e.g., “A Geography of the Columbia River Ports” (1965). He edited the book, "The Pacific Northwest: Geographical Perspectives" (1997).

In 1950, he married Dorothy Louise Lambson (1930–2012). He died on August 6, 2000, in Portland, Oregon.

Woolmer, Grant

  • Person
  • 1926-1998

George Grant Woolmer was born ca. 1926 in Quebec, Canada. He was a Montreal antiquarian book dealer specializing in Canadiana (1954 -1998).
In 1957, he married Helen Wilson (-1999). He died in 1998 in Montreal, Quebec.

Arthus, Maurice, 1862-1945

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/nr2004022756
  • Person
  • 1862-1945

Dr. Nicolas Maurice Arthus was born on January 9, 1862, in Angers, France.

He was a French immunologist, physiologist, and author. He studied medicine in Paris and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1896, he became a Professor of Physiology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He returned to France to work at the Pasteur Institute in 1900 and later taught at the Ecole de Médecine de Marseilles (currently integrated in the University of the Mediterranean). In 1907, he was appointed the Chair of Physiology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, where he remained for twenty-five years. Apart from the reaction named after him (the Arthus reaction, a localized inflammatory response), he is best known for his work on anaphylaxis. Arthus also studied snake venom and the role of calcium in the coagulation of blood. He is the author of numerous books on his field of study.

In 1893, he married Marie-Thérèse Weissenbach (1869–1942). He died on February 24, 1945, in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Swain, Harry

  • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89011404
  • Person

Harry Swain has a PhD in economic geography from the University of Minnesota and a LLD from the University of Victoria. Between 1971 and 1995 he worked for nine federal government departments, including as the Deputy Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada. It was at this time that Swain became concerned with ensuring that the Canadian government kept its obligations to First Nations people and communities. During his tenure as Deputy Minister, Swain was involved in the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance in Quebec from July-September 1990. The Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (also known as the Oka crisis or the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake) was a land dispute between the town of Oka, Quebec, and the Mohawk reserves of Kanehsatake and Kahnawake. Mohawk protestors stood off against Canadian security forces to protest the expansion of a golf course and a condominium development. Swain worked closely with the disputing parties and played a key role in the negotiations. After retiring as Deputy Minister, Swain went on to become the director of Hambros and the CEO of its Canadian subsidiary. In 2005, after 22 years in the federal government, Swain moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he became affiliated with the University of Victoria. In 2010 he published, Oka: A Political Crisis and its Legacy.

Brisebois, Michel

  • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99058355
  • Person
  • 1947-2006

Michel Brisebois was born on June 27, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec.

He was a Canadian specialist in 18th-century French books, a former antiquarian bookseller, and a rare books curator and librarian at the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and Bibliothèque nationale du Canada in Montreal. He is the author of the books, "Impressions" (1999), "The Printing of Handbills in Quebec City, 1764-1800" (1995) and its French version, "L'imprimerie à Québec au XVIIIe siècle: les feuilles volantes et affiches, 1764-1800" (2005).

In 1967, he married Ginette Gauthier (1949–1998). He died on February 3, 2006, in St. Placide, Quebec.

Arrowstreet Inc.

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n87121249
  • Corporate body
  • 1961-

Arrowstreet Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a full-service architecture, urban design, planning, interiors, and environmental graphics firm that has been creating award-winning projects across the globe for over five decades.

Wolfe, William P.

  • Person
  • 1910-1995

William P. Wolfe, also referred to his clients as Bill, was a Montreal antiquarian dealer of old and rare books, paintings, prints, maps, and manuscripts specializing in Canadiana. Born in Regina in 1910, Wolfe became interested in historical memorabilia at age fourteen. He moved with his parents to Montreal at age fifteen in 1925. Wolfe worked for thirty years as a book printer until 1956 when he opened up his antiquarian book store in Old Montreal, William P. Wolfe Bookseller Inc. He ran his business during the approximate years of 1950 and 1980. Wolfe first opened his shop at 400 Atlantic Avenue in Montreal from roughly October 1958 and June 1959. He then moved to 2050 Goyer in Montreal around 1959. Wolfe moved his business one final time in 1964 and remained there until 1980. In October of 1980, Wolfe sold his business and established the Canadiana Gallery where he continued the business of buying and selling early Canadian paintings, topographical watercolours and engravings, antiquarian maps, historical and literary manuscripts, and ephemera. At this gallery, Wolfe took on the role as director from October 1980 to 1984 which was located at 4920 Maisonneuve W. Boulevard in Montreal. Wolfe retired in 1986 and died around 1995.

Arrington, G. B.

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n85223420
  • Person
  • 1950 or 1951-

G. B. Arrington is a pioneer in light rail and other transit projects. He grew up in Silverton, Oregon, a small town just east of Salem, where his father was mayor. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon (B.A. in political science, 1972) and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (M.A. in town and country planning). When Arrington returned to Oregon in the mid-1970s, he found himself in the middle of what he calls a “harmonic convergence.” Portland was looking to revitalize its downtown core. He worked early in his career for Senator Packwood and Governor Goldschmidt and was also an adjunct faculty member at Lewis & Clark, teaching The Politics of Planning. He eventually landed at TriMet, where, for the next 20-plus years, he worked on a project that would become Portland’s famed MAX, a pioneering light rail system connecting Portland and its suburbs. Arrington left TriMet in 1999 after the opening of the westside MAX to join Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the world’s preeminent international planning consultants. He has travelled the world as their vice president, consulting on projects from the swamps of Opa Locka, Florida, to the beaches of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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