Name/Title
"Representative Canadians" - A Cyclopedia of Canadian BiographyEntry/Object ID
RepresentativeCanadiansDescription
019.2.11:
Representative Canadians. A cyclopedia of Canadian Biography.
This is biographical literature on persons who have figured in political life. Any man or woman who has in any conspicuous way, contributed to the moral, intellectual, industrial or political growth of the country has been deemed a suitable person for these pages. "Representative Canadians" may be regarded in a young country like Canada, as a full historical accounty, in every sense, for the period covered by the biographical matter in the volume.
Included in this book are notable persons from Perth, Ontario:
Cairns, Thomas - Postmaster
Elliott, Edward - Barrister
Gray, James - Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada
Hall, Frances Alexander - Barrister
Hart, John Semple - Bookseller and Stationer, (Hart's Book Store)
Matheson, Hon. Roderick - Senator
Matheson, Lieut-Col. Arthur James - Treasurer of Ontario; Mayor
Radenhurst, W.H. - Barrister
Rice, Charles - Registrar of the High Court of Justice
Senkler, William Stevens - Judge
Taylor, Henry - Hardware Merchant
Physical Description: Hardcover, blue, gold lettering, black leaf design.
Pages 816.
17cm L x 23.8cm H closed
33cm L x 23.4cm H open