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Hammond, John A.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1843 - 1939  (96 years)


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  • Name Hammond, John A. 
    Birth 11 Apr 1843  Montreal, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Gender Male 
    Home Address/Year 1871  Montreal, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Montreal, PQ
    Canada 
    Death 10 Aug 1939  Sackville, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Association Baltzly, Benjamin (Relationship: Assistant) 
    Person ID I182  Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2022 

  • Documents
    Benjamin Baltzly news, Victoria <i>Standard</i>, 22 Jul 1871, p. 3.    		Benjamin Baltzly news, Victoria Standard, 22 Jul 1871, p. 3.
    The Geological Survey of Canada party of which Baltzly was a member reached Olympia, Washington Territory, by stagecoach and was to take a boat from there to Victoria.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial (assistant).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: An assistant to Benjamin Baltzly on the Geological Survey of Canada expedition, he became a landscape artist who secured commissions from Canadian Pacific Railway President Van Horne. Hammond began work with the Notman studio in Montreal in Aug 1870. A more detailed summary of his career can be found in Render (1974).

  • Sources 
    1. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 18 Jul 1871, 2.

    2. [S324] Lorne E. Render, Render (1974), (Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute McClelland and Stewart West, 1974).

    3. [S205] Birrell, Andrew, Birrell (1978), (Toronto: Coach House Press, 1978).

    4. [S323] Dennis Reid, Reid (1979), (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada National Museums of Canada, 1979).

    5. [S1163] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (2003), (University of Toronto/Universite Laval, 2003).

    6. [S857] Wikipedia (Web site).
      "John A. Hammond" entry
      URL (accessed 5 Feb 2017): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Hammond

    7. [S956] Galerie Clarence Gagnon (Web site).
      "Canadian masters: Hammond, John: 1843-1939"
      URL (accessed 5 Feb 2017): http://www.clarencegagnon.com/en/artiste/detail/71