Legion d’Honneur
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, to Irish-Canadian parents, he was educated at St. Thomas High School in Chatham, New Brunswick, and later at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959. As leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, he led one of the largest majority governments in Canadian history and oversaw major economic and constitutional initiatives, including the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement and the introduction of the...
Elizabeth Arden
Also known as Florence Nightingale Graham (at birth) Florence Nightingale Graham, who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire. Elizabeth Arden was born on New Year’s Eve in 1881 – her birth name was Florence Nightingale Graham. Her parents – William Graham and Susan Tadd (d. 1888)– had emigrated to Canada from Cornwall, U.K. in the 1870s. In her early years, Ms. Arden grew up on a farm in Woodbridge with her four brothers and sisters. Her birth date is based on a sworn statement by her elder brother. We have...
Alexander Graham Bell
Date of Birth 1847-03-03 Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Date of Death1922-08-02Place of death: Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia Also known as Aleck Bell Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in...