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Sir James Douglas: Quick Facts

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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
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Canadian author
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Skip Spence
American musician
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Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
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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
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George Vancouver
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British explorer
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Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of
Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk
Scottish philanthropist
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Homer Watson
Canadian painter
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Allan Roy Dafoe
Canadian physician
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Otto Klineberg
psychologist
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John McLoughlin
Canadian pioneer fur trader
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Maurice Richard
Canadian ice hockey player
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Trevor Berbick
Canadian boxer
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Lloyd Richards
American theatrical director
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Stan Mikita
Canadian ice-hockey player