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George Vibert Douglas was a Canadian geologist and educator. Born in Montreal on July 2, 1892, he was educated in British private schools, graduated from McGill with a BSc (1920) and MSc (1921) and pursued doctoral studies at Harvard University. He was married to Olga Margaret Chrichton, with whom he had four children.

Douglas was a captain with the British Army in World War One, serving with the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers from 1915-1919 in Flanders and France. He received the Military Cross for his efforts. From 192-1922 he worked as a geologist on a Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition and subsequently spent a year at Cambridge. In 1923 he began a PhD at Harvard, where he also lectured in geology. He ended his studies prematurely in 1926 to become chief geologist at the Spanish company Rio Tinto. From 1930-1931 he was a member of the exploration of the Rhodesia-Congo Border Concession.

Douglas came to Dalhousie in the early 1930s and was appointed the first Carnegie Professor of Geology, also serving as Head of Geology from 1932-1957. He was an active member of the university community, helping to establish both the Dalhousie Art Gallery and a student employment centre to assist students seeking work in mining and related fields. He led Dalhousie expeditions to Labrador in 1946 and 1947 and served as Nova Scotia's Provincial Geologist. Douglas retired from Dalhousie in 1957 and died October 8, 1958. The Douglas Prize in Geology was established in his honour.

James Doull was a Canadian philosopher and academic who was born in 1918 to Irene and John Doull, a Pictou County politician, jurist and historian. His siblings were John Doull, a naval engineer, and Mary Doull, a musician and French scholar.

Educated at Dalhousie, the University of Toronto, Harvard University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, James Doull returned to Dalhousie in the late 1940s to teach in the Classics Department. After retiring in 1983 he moved to Clarkes Beach, Newfoundland, where he lived with his wife, philosopher Floy Andrews, and taught at the University of Memorial until 1993.

His writing on Greek poetry, the culture of ancient Rome, ancient, medieval and modern philosophy, and twentieth-century politics appeared only in journals, primarily Dionysius, of which he was a founding editor, and Animus. In 2003 the University of Toronto Press published a posthumous volume containing a number of his works along with commentary by former colleagues and students.

In 1989, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of King's College, Halifax. He died in 2003.

Robert Doyle was a leading figure in set and costume design in Canada, whose work has been showcased in more than 500 theatre productions. Born in Edinburgh in 1938, but raised in Canada, he began his professional career as a dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company. After undergoing knee surgery he transitioned into theatrical design, working at regional theatres such as Manitoba Theatre Centre and Halifax's Neptune Theatre, where he was the founding costume designer. He pursued his studies at Wimbledon School of Fine Art's Theatre Division. While in England he researched 18th-century civilian and military clothes, and later trained a staff to invent accurate copies for the character animation planned for the restoration of Fortress Louisburg in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

This ambitious project sparked Doyle's awareness of the need for costume design training in Canada, and he subsequently taught at Regina University and at Dalhousie University, where he founded the Costumes Studies Program. In 1999 he was appointed Art Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He has also designed costumes and sets for The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo and Ballet Jörgen, and conducted costume workshops throughout North America. In 2006 Doyle taught the final year at Red Deer College's Costume Program. He subsequently wrote a series of books on costume-making, including Waisted Efforts: An Illustrated Guide to Corset Making, Laundry: The Whys and Hows of Cleaning Clothes, Art of the Tailor, and Costuming the Dance.

In 2007 Robert Doyle received the Order of Canada for his life's work and mentoring of members of the Canadian theatre community. He died 13 November 2019.

James Charles Philip Dumaresq was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1844, the second son of Charles Whitikin Frederic Augustus Dumaresq and Christianna McDonald. He was educated in Sydney and at Horton Academy in Wolfville. From 1868 to 1869 he was working as a carpenter in Sydney, and by the early 1870s he had established an architectural business in Halifax.

Dumaresq designed many public buildings in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including the New Brunswick Leglisture (1882), the Forrest Building at Dalhousie College (1887), and St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Yarmouth (1890). His domestic work included a Queen Anne Revival “cottage” on Young Avenue in Halifax and plans for a simple duplex. He also designed shops and storefronts.

In 1873, Dumaresq married Maudline Matilda McDonald, with whom he had two sons and four daughters. His son, Sydney Perry, joined his father in 1899 to form J.C. Dumaresq and Son. James Dumaresq passed away in 1906.