- Person
Showing 2266 results
Authority Record- Person
- 1953-
Mary Anne White is a Canadian materials scientist who is the Harry Shirreff (Emerita) Professor of Chemical Research at Dalhousie University. Her research considers novel solar thermal materials and their application in renewable energy devices.
Born in 1953 in London, Ontario, White earned her BSc in chemistry from the University of Western Ontario. She completed graduate studies at McMaster University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and the University of Waterloo. After beginning her academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo, in 1983 she joined Dalhousie, where she served as Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Director of the Institute for Research in Materials. In 2010, she established the Dalhousie Research in Energy, Advanced Materials and Sustainability (DREAMS) program. She was made Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research Emerita in 2016.
Mary Anne White is the recipient of many awards and honours, including honorary doctorates from McMaster, Western and the University of Ottawa. She was appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada in 2016. She was also a regular contributor to the CBC Radio program Maritime Noon, answering listener science questions. She is married to Robert L. White, a biological chemist at Dalhousie University, with whom she has two children.
- Person
- 1911-1968
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- 1870-1950
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- 1943-
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- 1869-1967
- Person
- Person
- 1907 - 1997
- Person
- 1923-2007
- Person
- Person
- 1929-
- Person
- 1890-1973
George Earle Wilson taught history at Dalhousie University from 1919-1969. He was hired as a lecturer in history and political economy just prior to the opening of the 1919-20 session, giving up a travelling fellowship at Harvard University. In 1921 Wilson was promoted to associate professor, and in 1925 to full professor and head of the history department. He also served as Dean of Arts and Science from 1945-1955 and was named professor emeritus in 1965, continuing to teach part-time until 1969, when he retired after five decades of service.
In 1950 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1961 he was elected President of the Humanities and Social Science section of the Society.
George Earl Wilson died on 7 June 1973. The Department of History continues to award the Dr. George E. Wilson Prize, which was established on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Class of 1927.
- Person
- Person
- 1938-2019
- Person
- 1851-1939
- Person
- Person
- 1928-
- Person
- 1853 - February 3, 1922
Woodbury, William Weatherspoon
- Person
- 1882-1967
- Person
- 1925 - 2019
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- Person
- 1938-2000
Alexander (Sandy) Young was a prominent Nova Scotian educator, author and sports historian. Born in New York City in 1938, he was educated in Pennsylvania and Maryland before moving to Canada in 1970 to join Dalhousie’s School of Physical Education. Young was an active member of the Dalhousie community, serving as president of the Dalhousie Faculty Association in the mid-1980s, director of the School of Health and Human Performance from 1989-1993, and helping to establish Dalhousie’s popular “Noon-time Ball” competition. He continued teaching at the university until 1998.
Young was widely known for his commitment to and knowledge of Nova Scotia athletics. He was the author of Beyond Heroes: A Sport History of Nova Scotia (1998), which examined the cultural and historical impact of sports in the province. He was a founder the Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre and co-hosted the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for some twenty years. He died on 6 August 2000 at the age of sixty-two, survived by his four daughters, Nicole, Michelle, Julie and Gabrielle.
Recognition for Sandy Young’s years of dedication to Nova Scotia sport include the 2000 renaming of the Dalhousie Award to the Sandy Young Award and a posthumous induction to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2002.
- Person
- 1897-1976
Young, George Renny, 1802-1853
- Person
George Renny Young was a publisher, lawyer, author and politician. He was born in Falkirk, Scotland, on 4 July 1802 to John Young and Agnes Renny. In 1814 he came with his family to Nova Scotia, where he helped to establish John Young and Company with his father and brother William. Young worked for the family dry goods business until 1821, when he started at Pictou Academy. In 1824 he founded a weekly newspaper, The Novascotian. In 1827 he sold the paper to Joseph Howe in order to pursue legal studies in Britain. He became an attorney in 1833 and a barrister in 1834, when he established an insurance practice with William that would last into the 1850s. In 1838 he married Jane Brooking, with whom he had one son, John.
Young entered the Nova Scotia assembly in 1843 as the member for Pictou County. He was a strong and vocal supporter of the reformers, protesting the General Mining Association’s monopoly in the province and supporting the creation of a Halifax and Quebec Railway. In 1848 he became a minister in J.B. Uniacke’s government. In the following years Young’s physical and mental health deteriorated. Although he did not seek re-election in 1851, he continued to voice his political opinions in a series of letters published in the British North American.
George Young wrote articles, books and letters to newspapers on a variety of topics. His first book, The British North American Colonies, was published in 1834. He also wrote a romantic fiction, The Prince and his Protégé, which appeared in a variety of formats in 1844. Young lectured and served as president of the Halifax Mechanics’ Institute. He died in Halifax on 30 June 1853.