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Herbert, Mary E., 1829-1872

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Mary Eliza Herbert was born in 1829 to Catherine (Eagan) and Nicholas Michael Herbert in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Raised in a Methodist family, Mary and her half-sister Sarah were actively involved with local religious and temperance organizations. They were also early Maritime writers of poetry and prose whose works frequently concerned social and moral issues.

In 1851, Mary Herbert founded and edited a short-lived regional literary publication entitled The Mayflower or Ladies Acadian Newspaper. The Mayflower published works by local authors, including Mary, but ceased publication in 1852 after nine known issues. Mary Herbert’s poetry and prose also appeared in other local periodicals, including The Acadian Recorder and The Novascotian. Her literary accomplishments included a popular book of poetry entitled The Aeolian Harp; or, Miscellaneous Poems (1857), which also included works by her sister Sarah, Belinda Dalton; or, Scenes in the Life of a Halifax Belle (1859), Woman as She Should Be; or, Agnes Wiltshire (1861), Flowers by the Wayside (1865), The Young Men’s Choice (1869), and the unpublished novel Lucy Cameron.

Mary Herbert passed away in Halifax on July 15, 1872.

Hercz, Oren

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Oren Hercz is a film producer with Journeyman film productions based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hercz became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2008 because their video “Charles’ Farm” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Heron-Maxwell, Kathleen

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Kathleen Heron-Maxwell wrote music for several popular songs in the first half of the twentieth century in London, England, including "Keep on Hopin'," "Dear Old London," and "Smiles."

Hersey, Robert

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Robert Hersey was a Halifax based artist and a student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design during the late 1980s. Hersey was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes during the late 1980s.

Hesselberg, Edouard

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  • 1870-1935
Edouard Hesselberg was a pianist and composer. Born in Riga, Latvia on May 3, 1870, he studied at the Conservatory of the Moscow Philharmonic Society and with Anton Rubinstein. He moved to the United States in 1892 and was appointed a piano teacher and examiner at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1912. He also taught at various ladies' colleges in Ontario, the Hamilton Conservatory of Music, and the London Conservatory of Music. He returned to America in 1918 and died in Los Angeles on June 12, 1935.

Hétu, Jacques

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  • 1938-2010
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in 1938, Jacques Hétu is one of the most-performed Canadian composers. He studied composition at the Conservatoire in Montreal with Clermont Pépin (1956-1961), then at the École Normale de Musique in Paris with Henri Dutilleux and the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen (1961-1963). From 1963 until 1977, he taught composition and analysis at the Université Laval in Quebec, before becoming a professor of analysis at the Université du Québec à Montréal (1979-2000).

Hewey, Brad

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Brad Hewey is a Christian music artist who has recorded in Nova Scotia. He is married and has three children. Hewey released Brighter Day, a full-length album of Christian music, in 2011.

Hicks, Gary

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  • [19-] - 1997
Gary Hicks was a plant biology professor at Dalhousie University for twenty-seven years until his death in 1997. He was involved in running the honours program at Dalhousie University and supervising graduate-level research. Gary Hicks was a tissue culture specialist for research on fruit cloning. The Gary Hicks Memorial Award was established in 1997 and is awarded to a student studying plant science.

Hicks, Gene

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  • 1916-1988
(Margaret) Gene Morison Hicks was born in 1916 in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. She attended Dalhousie University in the 1930s and became the negotiator for the Nova Scotia Teacher's Union in the 1950s. She married Henry Davies Hicks when they were both fifty years old, in 1966. She was a member of the Dalhousie Women's Club.
Hicks, Henry D.

Hicks, Henry D.

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  • 1915-1990

Henry Davies Hicks was Premier of Nova Scotia and President of Dalhousie University. He was born 5 March 1915 in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Brandon Hicks and Annie May (Kinney) Hicks. After graduating from Bridgetown High School he obtained a BA from Mount Allison University (1936) and a BSc from Dalhousie (1937). As a Rhodes Scholar he received an MA (1939) and BCL (1940) from Oxford University. In 1941 he was admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia before joining the Royal Canadian Artillery and training as a radar specialist. He served in Canada, England and Belgium and had reached the rank of captain when he was discharged in 1945.

Hicks was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1945 as a Liberal for Annapolis County and served as Nova Scotia's first Minister of Education from 1949-1954. He became premier in 1954, but was unable to unite the party, and his government was defeated in the 1956 election. From 1956-1960 he served as Leader of the opposition. In 1960 he left politics to accept the post of Dean of Arts and Science at Dalhousie University. From 1963-1980 he served as University President, and is recognized as transforming Dalhousie from the "College By the Sea" into a leading national research university. During Hicks' tenure, the campus underwent a transformation as new facilities were built, expanded or acquired, including academic and research buildings, theatres and galleries, athletic facilities and student housing. In September 2002 the Arts and Administration Building was renamed the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. In 1970 Hicks was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. On 27 April 1972, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada, in which he served until his retirement in 1990.

Hicks was married to Pauline Banks in 1949 (d. 1963). In 1965 he married Gene Morrison (d. January 1988). In 1988 he married Rosalie Comeau. On the afternoon of 9 December 1990, Hicks and his wife Rosalie were returning to Halifax from the Annapolis Valley when their vehicle crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming car. Hicks and his wife were killed, along with two of the four passengers in the other vehicle.

Higgins, Donald

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Donald Higgins was born in 1943 to Donald Joel and Ethel Mary Higgins. He was a political science and public administration professor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1973 until his death in 1989. He specialized in local and regional government issues and was very interested in municipal government structures, education and city development and planning. Higgins was active in the Community Planning Association of Canada and involved with the Ward One Resident’s Association in his South End Halifax community. Donald Higgins was also the co-founder of the Gorsebrooke Research Institute and author of Urban Canada: Its Government and Politics (1977) and the follow up Local and Urban Politics in Canada (1986).

Hill, Ian

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Ian Hill was acting Dean of Dalhousie's Faculty of Science from 2015-2016, during Chris Moore's administrative leave. He is now the Associate Vice-President of Research and a professor of physics at Dalhousie.

Hill, Shuldham Samuel Crawford , 1837-

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Shuldham Samuel Crawford Hill was born 23 June 1837 in England. He emigrated from Liverpool to Quebec in 1883 with his wife and family.

Hillis, James Stanley

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  • 1903 - 1954
James Stanley Hillis was a Dalhousie University alumni. He was married to Pauline E. Hillis, with whom he had one child, Eric Stanley Hillis.

Hillis, John

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John Hillis operates the film production company, Truefaux, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hillis became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1999 because their video recordings “Ethan’s walk” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Hillis, Pauline E.

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  • 1905-1995
Pauline E. Hillis was a Dalhousie University alumnae. She was married to James Stanley Hillis, with whom she had one child, Eric Stanley Hillis.

Himmelman, Lawrence

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Lawrence Himmelman was the son of Ernest Himmelman, the founder and proprietor of The Himmelman Supply Company and its subsidiary companies. Professionally, Lawrence worked with his father to manage this shipping and retail business. Upon his father's death in 1981, Lawrence continued to act as a shipping agent and broker into the 1980s. By 2000, the subsidiary companies were disbanded, leaving only LaHave Investments in operation to this day.

Lawrence was an active member of the LaHave community. He was president of the Bridgewater Curling Club; secretary and on the board of trustees for the LaHave School; he was involved wiht the LaHave United Church; he was a shareholder of Bowl More Limited; and he was vice-president of Perma Engineering.

Hinds, Barbara A.

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  • 1924-2014
Barbara Agnes Hinds was a journalist known for the breadth of her interests and knowledge, from science and municipal affairs to Inuit art and heritage preservation. Born in Liverpool, England, in 1924, Hinds worked in public service and as a customs officer until moving to Canada in 1956, where she began work as a journalist for The Chronicle Herald and Mail Star, a career that continued for 33 years. In 1960, Hinds travelled to Fort Chimo, Quebec, with photographer Rosemary Gilliat, where she interviewed Inuit families. Throughout early 1960s Hinds made more trips to the Eastern Arctic and Yukon. As part of her abiding interest in the Canadian Arctic, Hinds collected Inuit art, which she later donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. In 1974 Hinds was appointed medical correspondent for Halifax Herald Ltd. Later she became a public relations expert and medical reporter for Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. Her interest in birdwatching evolved into a long-running birdwatching column for the Weekender. Barbara Hinds died in 2014.

Hipson, Charlie

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Charlie Hipson is a music artist from Nova Scotia. He began his professional career in a stage show directed by local promoter Vic Mullen. Hipson appeared on television and radio shows and performed at lounges and other venues around Halifax and Dartmouth. Hipson recorded his first album "You on my mind" in August 1977 at Solar Audio and Recording on Wyse Road in Dartmouth. He produced and arranged the album and the studio released it later that year. The album features original works and covers by artists such as Billy Joel, Roger Whittaker, and Tom Jones.

Hobson, Curtis Dean

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Curtis Dean Hobson was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1987 because of their involvement with a video recording “NSCAD Club Flamingon Party Tape” which featured four student videos, including one by Hobson.

Hodge, Claire

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Claire Hodge became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2006 because their film “Decoupage: Cutting Up/Cutting Out” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Hodges, Ann

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Anne Hodges is a Winnipeg-based director of theatre, musicals, and opera. She has worked with organizations across Canada, including the Prairie Theatre Exchange (Artistic Associate, 2014-2015), Vancouver Opera, National Theatre School, Opera de Montreal, Contemporary Opera Lab, Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Calgary Opera Ensemble, and various universities. She was also the Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 North American Indigenous Games. She studied directing at the National Theatre School of Canada.

Hofmann, Josef

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  • 1876-1957
Born outside Kraków, Poland, Josef Hofmann was a pianist, composer, conductor, and professor of piano and harmony at the Warsaw Conservatory. A child prodigy, he performed from an early age, before studying with Anton Rubenstein and Moritz Moszkowski. He moved to the United States during World War I and became an American citizen in 1926. He was the first head of the piano department at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. In addition to performing and teaching, he also composed a symphony, piano concertos, and solo piano music, which he published under the name "Michel Dvorsky." He died in Los Angeles, California on February 16, 1957.

Hogan, Ralph

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Ralph Hogan was the Mate on the Barque Alert c. 1903.

Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

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Samuel Johannes Holland, born in 1728 in Deventer, the Netherlands, was a military officer, politician, and early surveyor of Canada. He began his military career in 1745 with the Dutch Artillery and in 1754 he moved to England and became a lieutenant in the Royal Americans. He arrived in North America with the British Army early in 1756, where he created early maps of New York state, worked as an engineer under Brigadier-General James Wolfe during his 1758 attack on Louisbourg, surveyed Louisbourg, Halifax, and Fort Fredericton, and participated in the 1759 siege of Quebec.

Holland was appointed Surveyor General of the Northern District of North America in 1764 and was named to the Council of Quebec. From 1764 to 1767 he surveyed Prince Edward Island, Îles de la Madeleine, and Cape Breton. He then began mapping the north eastern seaboard for the British Army and helped to negotiate provincial and state boundaries in the northeast.

Holland returned to England in 1775 and rejoined the British Army. In 1777, he returned to North America as a British aide-de-camp until he was recalled to Quebec in 1778. In 1779, he was named to Quebec’s Legislative Council, where he remained until 1792. He continued to act as Surveyor General until 1801.

Holland was married to Gertrude Hasse in 1749. She remained in the Netherlands when Holland left for England and, later, North America. The couple had separated by the early 1760s when Holland married Marie-Joseph Rollet, with whom he had ten children. Holland and his family lived in various places in British North America, including Louisbourg, Quebec, and New Hampshire. Samuel Holland passed away in Quebec on December 28, 1801.

Holt, Peter

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Peter Holt became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1995 because a video recording they directed, "Buddha" (5 min., 10 sec.) was featured on a Murderecords compilation tape which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Homer, Kenneth Churchill, 1915-2003

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Kenneth Churchill Homer was born in 1915 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Mount Allison University and worked briefly for CBC Radio Halifax. He was the sole broadcaster remaining at the Springhill Mines after the explosion in 1958, reporting across the continent on the surviving miners.

For the next four decades he lived in New Brunswick, working as a freelance writer and broadcaster. He was married to Mary Dees Clark, with whom he had one son. He died in 2003.

Horne, Susan

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  • [19--] -
Susan Horne had various roles within the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, including Head of the Home Economics/4H Branch, Chair of the Agricultural Awareness Committee, and Special Policy Advisor. She is a member of the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Hornstein, Reuben Aaron

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  • 1912-2003

Rueben (Rube) Hornstein was born in London, Ontario in 1912 and attended the University of Western Ontario, where he received his bachelor degree in physics in 1934 and his master's in physics in 1936. In 1938, he obtained his master's in meteorology from the University of Toronto. Upon his graduation, he worked in the meteorological branch of the federal Department of Transport and as a forecaster at the St. Hubert and Malton Airports. In March 1940, he became the officer-in-charge of the meteorological section of Eastern Air Command in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was granted an Order of the British Empire for his service by King George VI in 1946. From 1946 until 1972, he was the officer-in-charge of the Halifax Atlantic Weather Centre.

Hornstein also gave weather reports on CBC for Halifax, hosting the show "Ask the Weatherman" on the radio and working with the TV news program "Gazette" in 1954. After his retirement in 1972, he produced talking books, including those for blind and disabled students. Over his lifetime he was granted several awards and in 1975, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) created the Rube Hornstein Prize in Operational Meteorology in his honour. In 2002, he received the Queens Gold Medal as part of her Golden Jubilee. Hornstein passed away on January 30, 2003 in Halifax.

Horrocks, Norman

Horrocks, Norman

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  • 1927-2010

Norman Horrocks was a Dalhousie professor, school director, and faculty dean. Born in Manchester on 18 October 1927, he began his library career in England, where he worked from 1945-1953, interrupted by three years serving in the British Army Intelligence Corps from 1945-1948. He was elected a Fellow of the Library Association and later worked in Cyprus and Australia, where he obtained a BA in constitutional history, before moving to the United States and earning MLS and PhD degrees at the University of Pittsburgh.

In 1971 he accepted a position in the new library school at Dalhousie, where he was instrumental in convincing the American Library Association (ALA) to accredit the Master of Library Service program. Considered vital to the progress of library studies at Dalhousie, he eventually became Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Studies. In 1986 he left Dalhousie to work as the Editorial Director of Scarecrow Press in New Jersey, but returned to the university in 1995 and stayed until his retirement. Decorated with multiple awards, he was the first person to have been elected an honorary member of the Canadian, American and British national libraries and in 2006 was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. He died in 2010.

Hovhaness, Alan

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  • 1911-2000
Alan Hovhaness was an American twentieth-century composer. He was highly regarded and performed during his lifetime, with over 500 compositions to his name.

Howe, Clarence Decatur

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  • 1886-1960
The Right Honorable C.D. Howe was the first Chancellor of Dalhousie University, from 1957 to 1960. His association with Dalhousie dates to 1908, when he was appointed Professor of Engineering, leaving in 1912 to work for the government, followed by success as a businessman and later politician. He was a powerful Canadian Cabinet minister of the Liberal Party, serving in the governments of Prime Ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent continuously from 1935 to 1957.

Howe, Joseph

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  • 1804-1873
Joseph Howe was born 13 December 1804 in Halifax, NS, the son of John and Mary (Edes) Howe. He married Catherine Susan Ann McNab on 2 February 1828. Howe was a printer, journalist and editor of the Novascotian from 1828-1841 and joint editor of the Morning Chronicle from 1844-1846. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1836-1863, and held a variety of positions in the Executive Council, including the position of premier from 1860-1863. Howe is known for his part in the libel case on behalf of freedom of the press in Nova Scotia in 1835, and for his part in the winning of responsible government in 1848. Howe was made Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia on 7 May 1873 and died less than a month later on 1 June 1873.
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