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Informationen zum Autor J. Andrew Ross is a postdoctoral fellow in the Historical Data Research Unit, University of Guelph, Ontario. Klappentext Bringing to the fore new Dictionary of Canadian Biography research on the rise of Canadian entrepreneurialism - one of the least explored yet most important themes in our history - this book showcases Canada's long-running tradition of business innovation and growth. Zusammenfassung Bringing to the fore new Dictionary of Canadian Biography research on the rise of Canadian entrepreneurialism - one of the least explored yet most important themes in our history - this book showcases Canada's long-running tradition of business innovation and growth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface Notes on the Biographies Acknowledgements Introduction Section 1: Doing Business in the New World John Guy (d. 1629) Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye (1632-1702) François Hazeur (d. 1708) Charlotte-Françoise Juchereau de Saint-Denis, known as Comtesse de Saint-Laurent (Viennay-Pachot; Dauphin de La Forest) (d. 1732) François Havy (d. 1766) Marie-Anne Barbel (Fornel) (1704-93) Joseph-Michel Cadet (1719-81) Charles Robin (d. 1824) Muquinna (d. 1795) Section 2: The Commercial Empire of the St Lawrence after 1763 Louise de Ramezay (1705-76) Aaron Hart (d. 1800) Joshua Mauger (d. 1788) François Baby (1733-1820) George Allsopp (d. 1805) Pierre Foretier (1738-1815) James McGill (1744-1813) Robert Hamilton (1753-1809) John Molson (1763-1836) John McLoughlin (1784-1857) Section 3: Maritime Enterprise Enos Collins (1774-1871) Benjamin Bowring (d. 1846) Sir Samuel Cunard (1787-1865) James William Carmichael (1819-1903) Robert Tinson Holman (1833-1906) John Fitzwilliam Stairs (1848-1904) Gilbert White Ganong (1851-1917) Section 4: The Industrial Heartland William Price (1789-1867) John Redpath (1796-1869) John Kinder Labatt (1803-66) Isaac Buchanan (1810-83) Theodor August Heintzman (1817-99) James Miller Williams (1818-90) Hart Almerrin Massey (1823-96) William Notman (1826-91) Louis-Adélard Senécal (1829-87) Section 5: Railwaymen and Network Creators Sir Hugh Allan (1810-82) John Rudolphus Booth (1827-1925) Sir Robert Gillespie Reid (1842-1908) Sir William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915) Sir Edward Seaborne Clouston (1849-1912) Alphonse Desjardins (1854-1920) Sir Adam Beck (1857-1925) Section 6: Brand Names and Big Business Timothy Eaton (1834-1907) George Albertus Cox (1840-1914) Sir John Morison Gibson (1842-1929) Sir Byron Edmund Walker (1848-1924) Wilmot Deloui Matthews (1850-1919) Anson McKim (1855-1917) Peter Charles Larkin (1855-1930) Georges-Élie Amyot (1856-1930) Sir Rodolphe Forget (1861-1919) Gordon Morton McGregor (1873-1922) Section 7: The West Booms Fanny Bendixen (d. 1899) Robert Dunsmuir (1825-89) Francis Jones Barnard (1829-89) François-Xavier Letendre, dit Batoche (d. 1901) Rosetta Ernestine Watson (Carr) (1845-1907) Ellen Cashman (d. 1925) Chang Toy (1857-1921) William Forbes Alloway (1852-1930) William Edward Cochrane (1858-1929) Contributors Illustration Credits Index ...
