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Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, developer of radar, was born in Brechin, Forfarshire, on 13 April 1892, the fifth son and youngest of seven children of Patrick Watson Watt, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife, Mary Small Matthew. Both the Watsons and the Watts were Aberdeenshire families, the most illustrious scion of the latter being James Watt, the inventor of the condensing steam engine. Watson Watt first attended Damacre School in Brechin. After winning a local bursary, he attended Brechin high school, and then, with a further bursary, University College, Dundee, then part of the University of St Andrews. He graduated BSc (engineering) in 1912, having won medals in applied mathematics and electrical engineering as well as the class prize in natural philosophy. The last led the professor of natural philosophy, William Peddie, to offer him an assistantship after graduation, and it was Peddie who excited his interest in radio waves.

Reginald Eyre Watters, professor and bibliographer, was born in 1912. He was educated at the University of Toronto where he received a B.A (1935) and an M.A. (1937) and the University of Wisconsin where he received a Ph.D. in 1941. He held a number of academic positions at various universities including University of Wisconsin (1939-41), University of Washington (1941-44), University of British Columbia (1946-61) and Royal Military College of Canada where he was Professor and Head of English Department (1961-76) and Acting Dean of Arts (1968-69, 1972-73).

Born in 1908, in Kingston, Ronald Lawrence Way received his education at Queen's University. He was an historian, consultant and public servant. Perhaps his most splendid memorial would be Fort Henry, which he helped to reconstruct into a well-respected example of 19th century fortification. The reknown of his Fort Henry work made him a sought-after consultant on such matters, and he played a prominent role in the construction of Upper Canada Village and Old Fort William. Ronald Lawrence Way passed away February 14th, 1978 at the age of seventy.

The Reverend Doctor Michael Marlow b. 7 Nov. 1758, s. of Michael Marlow, cleric, St.Leonard's, Middx. Educ. Merchant Taylors' School. Sir Thomas White scholar and Merchant Taylors' Fellow. He received his BA 1780; MA 1784; BD 1789;and DD 1795 from St. John's College, Oxford where he was also Fellow 1779-95; Barker's Exhibitioner 1780; Paddy's Exhibitioner 1782, 1786; Dean of Arts 1784-6; Logic Reader 1784; Waple's Lecturer 1785, 1787-90, 1793-4 Case's Preacher 1787, 1789, 1793; Henley's Exhibitioner 1787, 1789; Nat Phil. Reader 1787; Dean of Divinity 1788. Wood Bursar 1790; Senior Bursar 1791-2; Math. Lect. 1792; Vice-President 1793; Junior Bursar 1794; President 1795-1828. Ox. Univ.: Vice Chancellor 1798-1802; Select Preacher 1805, 1817; Curator of the Theatre; Delegate, of Accounts, of Appeals in Congregation. of Appeals in Convocation, of Privileges; Comr.
of Sewers. HO (d.1781): V. St.Giles', Ox. 1789-97 (res.); R. Handborough, Ox. 1795-1828; Preb. of Canterbury
1808-28. Publ.: 'A fast sermon on Isa.X 7 before the House of Commons' (1807). D. 16 Feb. 1828 in St.John’s Coll.

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George Woodcock was born in 1912 at Winnipeg. He attended Sir William Borlase's School and Morley College, London, England. Since 1946 Woodcock has been a professional writer. From 1946 to 1949 he was in England. Since that time he lived in Canada and the United States. In 1954/55 he taught at the University of Washington. In 1956 he accepted a teaching position at the University of British Columbia. He resigned his position of Associate Professor in 1963 to devote more of his time to writing. Professor Woodcock has been editor of several periodicals including NOW (1940-1947) and Canadian Literature (1959-1977). He is the author of approximately sixty-five books and hundreds of articles and book reviews. In addition he has contributed several hundred broadcasts and documentaries to numerous radio and television networks. Professor Woodcock has received numerous awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Canada Council Killam Fellowship, the Molson Prize, the Canada Council Series Artists Award, the University of British Columbia Medal for Popular Biography and the Governor-General's Award for Non-Fiction. George Woodcock died in 1995 in Vancouver .

Jugh and Madaline Engheimer came to America in 1721 from tha Palatinate of Alsace and the lower Rhine. They has a patent for a tract of land on the Mohawk River near Herkimer, New York. They had thirteen children. One of the children, Johan Jost Herkimer or Herchmer, the father of the Kingston branch of the family, had served in Butlers rangers during the border warfare. He left his family in the new republic and in 1784 or 1785, or perhaps as early as 1783, with his wife Mary Van Allan settled at Cataraqui (named, in 1788, Kingston). He and his wife had seven children, four boys and three girls. Lawrence, the second son, was a merchant, first at Port Hope and later at Kingston. He married Elizabeth Kirby and together they had 7 children. Charles Lawrence, the fourth son, carried on his father's business after Lawrence's death in 1819. The third son, William Macaulay, became an Anglican clergyman. Two of his sons had careers in the Royal Canadian North West Mounted Police.