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Type of entity
Person
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Learmont, Joseph B. (Joseph Bowles), 1839-1914
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Description area
Dates of existence
1839-1914
History
Joseph Bowles Learmont was born on May 15, 1839, in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a businessman, the head of the firm of Caverhill, Learmont & Co, wholesale hardware merchants, Montreal (est. 1854). As a very cultured man, he frequently lectured on literary and historical subjects. He was a collector of rare books and manuscripts, etchings, engravings, autograph letters, etc. He was an early member of the Numismatic and Antiques Society. He served on the Committee of Management of Montreal General Hospital and the Montreal Board of Trade. He was a governor of the Victorian Order of Nurses (Montreal Branch), director of the Charity Organization Society, member of the Executive committee of the Lord’s Day Alliance, treasurer of the Montreal Art Association, councillor, and treasurer of the Archaeological Institute of America. Learmont was the author of a paper on “Folk-lore” including Canadian folklore, and “The Canadian Indian.”
In 1873, he married Amelia Jane Holton (1849–1875), and in 1882, he remarried Charlotte Smithers (1845–1934). He died on March 12, 1914, in Montreal, Quebec.