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131Ridout, Thomas G. — (1792 1861) Born near Sorel. Removed with his family to Niagara, and later to York. At the age of nineteen appointed deputy assistant commissary general. Resigning this office, became cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada, which position he held …
132KOVNER, ABRAHAM URI — (1842–1909), Hebrew writer and pioneer of modern Hebrew literary criticism. Born in Vilna, Kovner studied at various yeshivot in Lithuania and was ultimately attracted to secular studies. He was married at the age of 18, but left his wife in… …