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Born August 15, 1803 • Demerara • Guyana
Died August 2, 1877 (aged 73) • Victoria • Canada
Title / Office governor (1858-1864), British Columbia • governor (1851-1864), Vancouver Island
Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
Glen Clark
Canadian politician
Sir John Macdonald
Sir John Macdonald
prime minister of Canada
Donald Smith; Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Canadian financier and statesman
McBride, Sir Richard
Sir Richard McBride
Canadian statesman
Franz Boas
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
French explorer
George Vancouver
George Vancouver
British explorer
Henry Kelsey
British explorer
Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of
Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk
Scottish philanthropist
Lester B. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player and coach
Martha Ostenso
Canadian author
Frank A. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player, coach and manager
Skip Spence
American musician
Emily Murphy
Canadian lawyer and writer
Doug Henning
Canadian magician
Maurice Richard
Canadian ice hockey player
Kurt Browning
Canadian figure skater
Trevor Berbick
Canadian boxer
Stan Mikita
Canadian ice-hockey player