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Wilmot, Samuel
http://viaf.org/viaf/104453889 · Person · 1822-1899

Samuel Wilmot (1822-1899) was appointed a Fishery Officer under the Department of Marine and Fisheries on July 1, 1868, and later became the Superintendant of Fish Culture for the Dominion of Canada. Wilmot lived in Newcastle, Ontario.

http://viaf.org/viaf/104536305 · Person · 1793-1871

William Hincks (ca. 1793-1871) was a Presbyterian and Unitarian clergyman as well as a natural historian. Hincks was born in Cork, Ireland, on April 16, 1794, and spent much of his career as a social reformer, advocating the abolition of slavery, and promoting a shorter work week. He emigrated to Toronto in 1853 to take up a position as Professor of Natural History at University College. While there, he published his catalogue of birds of ‘western Canada' (now Ontario). He served as editor of the journal of the Canadian Institute, as well as contributing numerous papers on natural history and other topics. He went on to become president of the Canadian Institute. The specimens he accumulated while at the University of Toronto later became part of the Royal Ontario Museum - Library and Archives's collections.

Calder, Dale R.
http://viaf.org/viaf/104630494 · Person

Dale Calder did his graduate training (both A.M. and Ph.D.) in Biological Oceanography at the School of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary in Virginia (USA). After holding a National Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada in Ottawa (1968-1969), he returned to Virginia and to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, for four years (1969-1973) as an Associate Marine Scientist. From 1973-1981 he was an Associate Marine Scientist at the Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. In 1981 he joined the staff of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) as Associate Curator-in-Charge of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. In 1991 he was appointed a Research Associate of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, and from 2000 to 2006 he served as a Commissioner on the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Other academic positions include the College of William and Mary in Virginia (Assistant Professor of Marine Science, 1970-1973), the University of Virginia (Assistant Professor of Marine Science, 1971-1973), the College of Charleston (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, 1974-1981), and the University of Toronto (Associate Professor of Zoology, 1983-2003).

Herzberg, Louise
http://viaf.org/viaf/104835030 · Person · [ca. 1937]-2015

Louise Herzberg was born ca. 1937 in Sydney, Australia to Carl Frankel and Alma Frankel. She obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Sydney where she trained as a teacher and worked as a teaching fellow until 1963 when she moved to the United States to attend the University of Illinois for graduate studies in special education. She met her husband Paul Herzberg there, and they married. In 1966, they moved to Toronto where her husband Paul worked as a professor of psychology. Herzberg had a stroke in 1979 where during her recovery she gained an interest in the history of the Don Valley. In 1996, she wrote a biography of William Brodie entitled, A Pocketfull of Galls. Herzberg was also interested in nature, art, and photography.

Herzberg died in Toronto on September 24, 2015.

Heinrich, Theodore Allen
http://viaf.org/viaf/105529744 · Person · 1910-1981

Theodore Allen Heinrich was born in Tacoma, Washington, on 15 June, 1910, but grew up principally in the area of Berkley, California. He was educated at the University of California, where he graduated in 1931 with a major in philosophy and minors in art, history and English. Following his completion of post-secondary studies, he embarked on extensive travel in Europe and the Mediterranean, and was predominantly interested in architecture and art.

In 1932, he began graduate studies at Cambridge University (King’s College), to graduate with a Masters degree in art and architectural history in 1936.

During the Second World War, Heinrich was junior officer on the Intelligence staff of General Eisenhower, and served for two years as Deputy Chief, Enemy Communications Section of G-2, where he worked in the area of the use and administration of intelligence concerning strategic operations regarding the German-controlled railway system, or Reischbahn.

After the war, from 1945 to 1950, he remained in Germany in connection with the recovery and restitution of looted works of art. He was also involved in assisting German authorities in the rehabilitation and reorganization of war-damaged museums, libraries, archives, monuments as well as organizing art history seminars.

Returning to the United States, Heinrich was Curator of Art Collections and Senior Fellow for Art History at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, for 1951-52. From 1953 to 1955, he was Associate Curator of Paintings and Curator-in-charge of drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. There, he was involved in various projects to rebuild areas of the galleries, as well as publishing several museum books. From 1955 to 1962, he was the Director of the Royal Ontario Museum.

He was employed as professor of art history for the last twenty years of his life, beginning with his position as Visiting Professor of Art History at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, for the academic year 1964-65. In 1966, he began a full professorship at York University, which he held up to the time of his death in 1981.

Logier, E.B.S.
http://viaf.org/viaf/105637106 · Person · 1893-1979

E.B.S. Logier was a herpetologist, artist and natural historian. He worked in the Department of Ichythyology and Herpetology at the Royal Ontario Museum, and was the author of The Reptiles of Ontario (1939) and The Frogs, Toads and Salamanders of Eastern Ontario (1952.)

Eugene Bernard Shelley Logier was born on February 27, 1893 in Dublin, Ireland to Eugene Adolphe Logier and Emily Shelley Seale, who worked as Civil Engineers. Logier was the second born of four children (Ruth, Emily and Alexander or Theo.) He spent his early childhood living in Clontarf East, Dublin. In July 1906, his father immigrated to Canada, with Logier and his siblings following with their mother in October of the same year.

Logier became associated with the Royal Ontario Museum in 1915 at the age of 22, and by September 1916 he was appointed part-time as an artist. He worked 10 month contracts between 1917-1921, before he began working full-time in 1921. Logier became an Assistant Curator in 1947, Associate Curator in 1950 and Curator in 1959 all for the Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology. He retired from the ROM on June 30, 1961.

He married Beryl Bruce in 1933. They had one daughter, Sybil Shelley Logier.

Logier died in Toronto on March 16, 1979.

Elliott, Robert, 1858-1902
http://viaf.org/viaf/106188876 · Person · 1858-1902

Robert Elliott (1858-1902) was a poet and naturalist born near Plover Mills, Ontario. He lived most of his life on a farm near London, Ontario, where he recorded many bird observations. He contributed to Thomas McIlwraith’s “Birds of Ontario”, among other publications. Elliott died on December 19, 1902, near Bryanton, Ontario

Cruise, James E. (Edwin)
http://viaf.org/viaf/106691643 · Person · 1925-2021

James Edwin Cruise was born on June 26, 1925 in Port Dover, Ontario. He attended Port Dover High school and Simcoe High School. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1943 and 1946 achieving the rank of Flying Officer at his discharge.

Following his military service James Cruise obtained a B.A. in biology from the University of Toronto in 1950, a M. S. from Cornell University in 1951, and a Ph. D. in plant taxonomy from Cornell University in 1954. He taught at Cornell University, the State University of New Jersey and Princeton University before going to the University of Toronto as associate professor in the Department of Botany in 1963. He later became the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science. Cruise became Director of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1975. He served as Director for 10 years.

Cruise died in 2021 at the age of 97.

Elton, Charles Sutherland
http://viaf.org/viaf/108158041 · Person · 1900-1991

Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991) was an English zoologist and animal ecologist. He is associated with the development of population and community ecology, including studies of invasive organisms. Elton was educated at Liverpool College and Oxford University, where ehe graduated in zoology in 1922. Elton worked for the Bureau of Animal Population, University Museum, Oxford.

Hahn, Sylvia
http://viaf.org/viaf/111020143 · Person · 1911-2001

Sylvia Hahn was born May 2, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario. She was the daughter of Gustav Hahn and Ellen Smith. Hahn attended Havergal College and later graduated from the Ontario College of Art (1929-1932). She was awarded the Governor General’s Medal for achievement at her graduation.

In 1934 she joined the Royal Ontario Museum’s Display Department. During her time at the ROM Sylvia Hahn made identification drawings for the museum's catalogue, 11 murals, models of jewels in the museum's collection (which were sold in the gift shop), a reproduction of a mural originally on the walls of an Etruscan tomb (for which she attempted to capture the original colours before air and moisture faded them), and the decoration of the Athens Gallery (including detail work on a model of the Acropolis). Sylvia Hahn retired from the ROM in 1976.

Sylvia Hahn was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and the Toronto Metal Crafts Guild.

She is represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 5118, no. 40451).

Sylvia Hahn died on January 2, 2001 in Whitby Ontario.

Russell, Loris S.
http://viaf.org/viaf/111864719 · Person · 1904-1998

Loris Shano Russell was born April 21, 1904 in Brooklyn New York; his mother, Matilda Shano, was from Newfoundland and his father, Milan Winslow Russell was from New York. At the age of four, Russell and his family moved to Calgary, Alberta where he grew up. Russell received a BSc in Geology from the University of Alberta in 1927, and two graduate degrees from Princeton University: an MA (1929) and a PhD (1930).

Russell worked as an assistant palaeontologist with the Geological Survey of Canada from 1930-1936, an assistant geologist in 1937. Russell was then an assistant director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Paleontology. During the Second World War, Russell served with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, and was transferred to the Canadian Militia after the war, retiring with the rank of major.

Russell served as the director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Paleontology from 1946 to 1950, before working at the National Museums of Canada in multiple roles: Chief, Zoology Section (1950-1956); director, Natural History (1956-1963); and acting director, Human History (1958-1963). Russell once again returned to a newly amalgamated ROM to lead the Life Sciences division in 1963, and a year later was appointed the museum’s chief biologist along with a professorship in geology at the University of Toronto. Russell officially retired in 1971 but continued to work out of his office in the ROM daily. He would also return to Alberta for fieldwork each summer well into his eighties.

Russell's discoveries concerning dinosaurs and early mammals were particularly important. His 1965 paper, “Body Temperature of Dinosaurs and Its Relationship to Their Extinction,” marked the first time someone suggested that dinosaurs might have been warm blooded. An interest in material history also led him to research oil lamps, making original and fundamental contributions to the history of lighting and material culture in 19th-century North America. The books resulting from this research include A Heritage of Light (1968), Handy Things to Have Around the House (1979) and Every Day Life in Colonial Canada (1980).

Russell died in Toronto on July 6, 1998 at the age of 95.

McGowan, Chris
http://viaf.org/viaf/112054246 · Person · 1942-

Chris McGowan (1942-) is a Curator Emeritus of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Royal Ontario Museum. Born in England, McGowan received his PhD at the University of London. After receiving his doctorate, he became a Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology with the ROM, later cross appointed as a Professor of Zoology at the University of Toronto. McGowan retired in 2002.

Meen, Victor Benjamin
http://viaf.org/viaf/114146503 · Person · 1910-1971

Victor Benjamin Meen (July 1, 1910-1971), often referred to as V. B. Meen, was chief mineralogist at the Royal Ontario Museum from 1964 until his passing in 1971. Receiving his post-secondary education at the University of Toronto, Meen earned his B.A. in 1932, M.A. in 1933, and Ph.D. in 1936. His M.A. thesis focused on the plagiocase series of minerals and his doctoral work described the crystallization of vein quartz. In 1937, Meen married Thelma Irene Stables and together they had three daughters. An Assistant Professor and subsequently Professor at the University of Toronto from 1936 until 1959, Meen also conducted research expeditions with the Ontario Department of Mines and the National
Geographic Society, among other organizations. Meen began his work at the Royal Ontario Museum of Mineralogy as a scientific assistant in 1936 and rose to become head of the Earth Sciences Division of the Royal Ontario Museum from 1959 until 1964. One of Meen's most significant projects was his exploration and documentation of what he referred to as Chubb Crater (now officially named Pingualuit Crater), a meteorite crater in the far north of Quebec. After some initial exploration in 1950, Meen returned in 1951 on a joint expedition between the ROM and the National Geographic Society. Meen documented the geological makeup of the crater and confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite crater and not an extinct volcano or other structure. Meen was the author of numerous articles and four books about geology, mineralogy and gemmology. His most well-known publication is Crown Jewels of Iran, co-written with A. D. Tushingham and published by University of Toronto Press in 1968. Meen and his wife presented limited edition copies of the book to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah Pahlavi in December of that year. Translations were published in several countries, including a Farsi translation published in Iran.

Saunders, Richard M.
http://viaf.org/viaf/115635495 · Person · 1904-1998

Dr. Richard (Dick) Merrill Saunders (1904-1998) was a history professor and a bird watcher in the Toronto area.

Dr. Saunders was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and educated at Clark University. He received his PhD at Cornell University, and taught at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. From 1931-1971, Saunders was a professor in the history department at the University of Toronto.

Saunders was a member of the Toronto Field Naturalists’ Club, writing and editing their newsletter for many years. He was also a member of the Toronto Ornithological Club, who made him an honorary member in 1992.

Saunders did much of his bird-watching in Cedarvale ravine, near his home on McMaster Avenue, Toronto. For many years, he conducted bird walks in the ravine for the Toronto Field Naturalists’ Club.

Saunders published two books on bird watching, Flashing Wings (McLelland and Stewart, 1947) and Carolina Quest (University of Toronto Press, 1971), as well as collaborating with Mary Ferguson on two books on Canadian wildflowers. Dr. Saunders died on June 25, 1998.

http://viaf.org/viaf/117489439 · Person · 1910-1994

Katharine Beatrice (Betty) Maw was born in Hull, England in 1910. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1912. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1931 and joined the staff of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1938 as a draughtsman. She left her position in 1944 to go overseas as a Welfare Officer with the Canadian Red Cross. She served as a Principal Welfare Officer with the Canadian Red Cross in Northwest Europe (Brussells) until June 1945. She rejoined the Textile Department in 1945 and was appointed curator of textiles in 1950. Betty married Gerard Brett in about 1949. She resigned from the ROM in 1968 and became an associate curator. She died in Toronto in 1994.

[ROM] Canadiana Department
http://viaf.org/viaf/125187270 · Corporate body · 1948-

The Canadiana Department at the Royal Ontario Museum was established in 1948. In 1964, the ROM's division structure was eliminated and the museum was arranged into a departmental structure. The Canadiana Department was under the Art and Archaeology Department.

http://viaf.org/viaf/1254175 · Person · 1925-2016

John Alexander Crosby, born in 1925, was the staff artist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, and illustrated many pamphlets and books. Among the books illustrated by Crosby are Tufts 'Birds of Nova Scotia,' (1961) and Godfrey's 'Birds of Canada' (1966).

http://viaf.org/viaf/126626356 · Corporate body · 1899-

Brookfield Corporation is a Canadian multinational company that is one of the world's largest alternative investment management companies. It focuses on direct control investments in real estate, renewable power, infrastructure, credit and private equity.