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Brock University is a public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, [7] at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The university bears the name of Maj.-General Sir Isaac Brock, who was responsible for defending Upper Canada against ...
Literature and the arts. Daniel Adair — musician, Nickelback. J.M. Frey (BA, 2005) — award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer. Marc Jordan — musician. Peter McLaren — author. Yuri Rubinsky (BA, 1972) — writer and publisher. Kari-Lynn Winters (BA, 1992) — children's author, professor of education.
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford —a railroad magnate who served as the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California —and his wife, Jane , in memory of their only child, Leland Jr . [2]
Sean Patrick Paul O'Sullivan, CM (January 1, 1952 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian politician who left politics and became a Roman Catholic priest. Born in 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario, O'Sullivan showed an interest in politics at a young age: when he was 11 years old he worked for Ellen Fairclough in her election campaign and met John ...
Order of the Bath. Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada (part of present-day Ontario) successfully for many years.
Dorothy Wetherald Rungeling (May 12, 1911 – February 17, 2018) was a Canadian pilot from Fenwick, Ontario hailed as one of Canada's most experienced air racers. She was the adopted daughter of Ethelwyn Wetherald, the Canadian poet and journalist.
Early life and career. Brock was the eldest of two daughters born in Fort Shaw, Montana to Morton W. Brock and Emma Brownson. She attended The University of Minnesota (from which she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1908), the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League of New York, where she studied with George Bridgman, Boardman Robinson, and Joseph Pennell.
William Allen " Buz " Brock (born October 23, 1941) is a mathematical economist and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 1975. [1] He is known for his application of a branch of mathematics known as chaos theory to economic theory and econometrics. In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences [1] in the ...