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Armstrong, A. Riley
Person · b. 1904

Arthur Riley Armstrong was born in Toronto, on December 23, 1904, to Arthur Leopold Armstrong and Bessie Irene Massey. At the age of four, his father passed away and his mother remarried E.S. Glassco. From 1923 to 1930, he studied medicine in the medical school in Toronto, during which period of time he attended the London Medical School Hospital as an undergraduate for a year. After graduation, Dr. Armstrong went to Oxford University for a year before he came back to Toronto and went into Pathological Chemistry. In 1933 he joined the Banting Research, where he worked under Professor E.J. King and together they devised the King-Armstrong method for the measurement of the alkaline phosphatase activity in serum. Following that Dr. Armstrong worked directly with Sir Frederick Banting as his technician, before he went to the Mountain Sanatorium in 1935, where he worked as a part-time biochemist and later the acting director.

During World War Two, Dr. Armstrong joined the army medical corps and being seconded to chemical warfare, where he worked with anti-gas ointments. Later he went to Munsterlager, Germany and worked with the mobile unit until the end of the war in 1945. After the war, Dr. Armstrong resumed as the acting director of the laboratories. He later became the director, serving until his retirement in 1970.

Person

Alfred F. Armstrong (fl. 1862-1863) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was a private in D. Company, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Union Army during the Mississippi campaigns of the American Civil War.

Person · 1874-1965

Egerton Franklin Armstrong was born in Goderich, Ontario on December 6, 1874 and died July 25, 1965. After graduating highschool in Goderich, Armstrong attended Victoria University in Toronto, where he graduated in Arts in 1898 and in Theology in 1901. After leaving College he spent his probation serving the Tuckersmith circuit in the Goderich district and Wellington Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, in the Windsor district of the Methodist Church. He was ordained in 1901. After ordination, he was stationed in the Methodist Church at Tupperville (June 1901), Ethel (1905), Charing Cross (1907), Victoria Avenue Chatham (1910), Essex (1914), Wingham (1917), Wallaceburg (1921). After Union he served the charges of Listowel (1925), Bowmanville (1931) and Blenheim (1936). He retired from Blenheim in 1939 and resided in London, Ontario. There, he supplied at Pilgrim United Church London from 1940-1950, and took charge of the church from 1952. He was chairman of the Essex and Wingham Districts in the Methodist Church and of the Perth Presbytery in the United Church.

Armstrong, Gordon, 1960-1996
Person

Playwright Gordon Armstrong was born in 1960 in New Westminster, B.C. He majored in Theatre Arts at Douglas College and Vancouver Community College and attended one semester at Concordia University as an English major. He then held various positions, as a teaching and administrative assistant, theatre poster and leaflet designer, puppeteer, sound co-ordinator and sound technician. His first hit was Hashisch (1985), produced at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Other plays followed: The Mona Lisa Toodle-oo (New Play Centre, Vancouver, 1989), Blue Dragons (Canadian Stage Company, Toronto,1993) and Scary Stories (Martha Cohen Theatre, Calgary, 1995). A Map of the Senses (1992, later retitled Ultravista) received a Jessie Richardson Award and the Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance’s Sydney Risk Award. Armstrong also created material for the performance art troupe, Talent Hut, for shows at the Western Front and the Grunt Gallery in Vancouver. He was a founding member and president of The Betty Lambert Society for the development of playwriting, and publicist for the O.H. Lettuce B. Fools of: Society, a charitable organization founded to promote interest and participation in all aspects of clowning. In addition, he was a theatre and music critic for eleven years. Armstrong died in 1996. An annual Playwright’s Rent Award in his name, honouring the hard work of playwrights, is sponsored by Origins Theatre Projects in Vancouver.

Armstrong, Hilary
F0583 · Person · 19--?

Hilary Armstrong was born in northern England, and left school at 16 to take on secretarial work to help support her family. She became active in the Labour Party youth in Britain, in particular the ban-the-bomb movement of the 1960s. Emigrating to Canada in 1967, she joined the New Democratic Party (NDP) where she became very active in her local riding association, and in federal and provincial election campaigns. Armstrong subsequently joined the Waffle movement because of its stance on Canadian independence, and served as an organizer behind the scenes. She ceased her political activities in 1973 when she began her career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), first as a story editor. By the time of her retirement in 2006, she had worked as producer/director and senior editor in a variety of news, current affairs and documentary programs. She was awarded three Gemini Awards for her work.

Person · 1898-1958

Dr. Lionel T. Armstrong was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1898 but spent most of his life in Toronto. Dr. Armstrong was a graduate of the University of Toronto's School of Medicine, graduating in 1928. He opened his practice in Toronto in 1932 and was appointed to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) in 1934. From 1945/1946-1957 Dr. Armstrong served as the head of that department. He also served on the TWH Board of Governors and as chairman of the Medical and Surgical Advisory Committee. He was also an associate professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine. He retired from Toronto Western Hospital in 1957 and died there on February 2, 1958.

Person

Roy Fraser Armstrong (1889-1996) was Superintendent of Kingston General Hospital from 1925 until 1958. Born on October 8, 1889, Armstrong grew up in St. Andrews, New Brunswick and attended the University of New Brunswick where he completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1910. Armstrong worked as a civil engineer in a variety of settings including the armed forces until 1923 when he embarked on a consulting career and was engaged by the Citizens Research Institute of Canada to work with hospitals and other industries. By 1924, when Kingston General Hospital Superintendent Frank Taylor resigned, Armstrong was Acting Superintendent of Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario. In 1924, beset with personnel and management problems, the Board of Governors of Kingston General Hospital sought the advice of an outside expert in hospital management, Dr. Horace Brittain. Brittain’s 1924 report recommended hiring an administrator rather than a medical man to bring much needed reorganization and the application of sound business methods to Hospital administration. Upon Brittain’s recommendation, R. Fraser Armstrong was interviewed for the position of Superintendent and was appointed in March, 1925. During Armstrong’s 33-year tenure as Superintendent, he brought high standards of efficiency and service to Kingston General Hospital, shepherding the Hospital through the Depression and Second World War. Prudently, Armstrong balanced hospital finances while introducing new services and expanding others. In response to a decrease in paying patient income between 1930 and 1934, Armstrong presented the Board of Governors with a Community Cooperative Group Hospital Plan to which community members could subscribe. The plan was successful in making income from patients the major source of revenue for the Hospital again. In 1942, to accommodate the Hospital’s increasing spatial needs, Armstrong introduced a Ten-Year Plan to expand KGH as a 600-bed hospital with adequate supporting services. His Ten-Year Plan included the new Victory Wing designed and built to include the first cancer clinic in Ontario, completed in 1947. Two construction projects outstanding from the Victory Progress Plan, a new Dietary Wing and the Walter T. Connell Wing, as well as a special children’s hospital would occupy Armstrong during the 1950s. Changes in funding for Ontario hospitals were imminent in the 1950s when the federal government introduced the possibility of nationwide hospital insurance. In 1956 at Kingston General Hospital, three key administrators, Armstrong among them, announced their wish to retire. However, Armstrong agreed to stay on as a consultant on the Connell Wing and to oversee the planning and contracting for the Dietary Wing to complete the building Plan. Donald M. MacIntyre was appointed his successor in 1958. Upon retirement, Armstrong was invited to join the KGH Board of Governors and, in 1970, was named a life governor. In 1976, a new outpatient building, the Fraser Armstrong Patient Centre, was named in his honour. Roy Fraser Armstrong died in 1986 at the age of 97.

Person · 1876-1929

Robert Cornell Armstrong, (1876-1929), was a Methodist missionary to Japan. He was born in Carleton County, Ontario in 1876. He received his B.A. in 1903 and his M.A. in 1911 from Victoria University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1914. He served as a missionary to Japan from 1903 to 1910. Between 1912 and 1915 he was Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Religions at Kwansei Gakuin University, and Dean from 1915 to 1919. In 1919 Robert Cornell Armstrong was appointed missionary of Central Tabernacle, Tokyo. As well, he lectured at Aoyama Gakuin Seminary, spoke at Conference and Bible events, and served as Secretary for the National Christian Council of Japan. He wrote articles and four books on Japanese religion and philosophy. He died in Tokyo.

Person · 1822-1914

William Armstrong (1822-1914) was an artist, civil engineer, photographer, and draughtsman who travelled throughout Ontario, painting scenes of native life, habitat and scenic landscapes.

Armstrong emigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1855. He was a founding partner of Armstrong, Beer, and Hime, Photographers and Engineers, 1858-1862. Armstrong was named Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1880. He exhibited his work with the Art Association of Montreal, the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition.

Arnell, J.C.
Person

John Carstairs (Jack) Arnell did chemical warfare research for the Canadian Army and was Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) Finance for the Department of National Defence (DND). Arnell was born in Bermuda on 4 April 1918. At the age of twelve he enrolled at Ridley College in Ontario, and later attended Dalhousie and McGill universities. In 1924, at the age of 24, he received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. A career with the Canadian Army in chemical warfare research followed from 1942 - 1946. After the war, Arnell joined the Defence Research Board in Ottawa. Eventually he was appointed, in succession, Director of Scientific Intelligence and Scientific Advisor to the Chief of Air Staff and the Chief of Naval Staff. Arnell was ADM Finance for DND from 1966 to 1972. He then acted as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister of DND until his retirement in 1973. Upon retirement, he took over San Isidro, the family home on Point Finger Road in Hamilton, Bermuda. Arnell was father to three daughters, Susan, Elizabeth and Peggy. He died in April of 2000.

Arnet, George
Person

George Arnet was appointed as the vicar of The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Northgate, Wakefield , West Yorkshire on 12 May 1729. He resigned from that post in October 1750. Arnet was also the rector at Wheldrake parish and chaplain to the Lord Archbishop of York.

Arnett, Tom, 1935-2008
Person

Thomas "Tom" Lewis Arnett, 10 May 1935 - 18 Oct 2008, was born at Winnipeg, AB. He was the grandson of Thomas Louis Arnett, owner of a the furniture business Arnett Manufacturing Company. Tom Arnett was educated at the University of Manitoba. He became a teacher and school principal before abandoning teaching for the lumber camps of Minnesota and Ontario. He lived in Saskatoon, Nova Scotia, Montreal and, in Ontario, in Toronto, Cookstown and Victoria Harbour. He married Janet Brown in 1962. Arnett was a man of many talents. As a writer he had 13 books published, including at least 9 volumes of the Executioner and Able Team Series under the noms de plume Dick Stivers and Don Pendleton. One of these, "Death Games", became the first action-adventure novel to reach the New York Times bestsellers list. In addition to fiction and poetry, he also wrote and edited works on local history, including books on the ice industry in "Belle Ewart", "Skunks and Scholars", a collection of Innisfil memoirs, and "People Helping People", a history of the Innisfil Credit Union, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, training manuals, brochures, and television and movie scripts. He was president of the Innisfil Historical Society for two years. He also founded the Innisfil Historical Document Centre, an indexed collection of photographic copies of historic photographs and documents related to Innisfil Township. His other interests varied widely, ranging from classical and jazz music, chess, photography, and wine-making to computer programming, Christian spirituality, natural and local history, and volunteering. Tom Arnett died in 2008. He donated his body to medical science.

Arnold Borts, 1925-1997
Person

Arnold Borts grew up in Ottawa. He was born on March 1, l925 and died in Toronto, July 15, l997. He was the son of Rose and Chasriel Borts. His father was known as Borts the magician. Arnold attended York Street Public School and the High School of Commerce, Ottawa. He was very active in Ottawa scouting with the 39th Ottawa. He served as a Camp counselor at Camp B’nai B’rith. He was a popular figure among Ottawa young people, and one of his friends remembered he taught them all to dance. The family moved to Toronto and Arnold enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944. He was a signalman and because of his technical education with the navy, he was able to teach scouts the Morse code. After his naval service, Arnold attended McGill Engineering Faculty for one year. Then he studied to become a chartered accountant. He practiced in Montreal and then moved to Toronto in 1968. He was not fully bilingual so it seemed the right thing to do. He married in l96l.