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John Reade (November 13, 1837 – March 26, 1919) was an Irish-born Canadian journalist, essayist, and poet once considered "the grand old man of Canadian letters." He is best known as the literary editor of the Montreal Gazette, a position he held for almost 50 years.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Aeschylus, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Anglicanism, Ballyshannon, British Empire, Canadian literature, Canadians, County Donegal, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Enniskillen, Euripides, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Homer, Horace, Ireland, Irish people, Lachute, Mansonville, Quebec, Mascouche, McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Queen's University Belfast, Rector (academia), Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Literature, Songs of the Great Dominion, The Gazette (Montreal), University of Ottawa, Virgil, William Douw Lighthall, 1870 in poetry.

  2. 19th-century Canadian essayists
  3. Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada
  4. People from Ballyshannon

Aeschylus

Aeschylus (Αἰσχύλος; /524 – /455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

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Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Canadian literature

Canadian literature is written in several languages including English, French, and to some degree various Indigenous languages.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB; Dictionnaire biographique du Canada) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada.

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Enniskillen

Enniskillen (from Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Canada judges to have "made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life".

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC),Suetonius,. commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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Lachute

Lachute is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport.

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Mansonville, Quebec

Mansonville is a village in the Potton township of the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality of the Estrie region, across the Canada–United States border from North Troy, Vermont.

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Mascouche

Mascouche is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada.

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McCord Stewart Museum

The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Queen's University Belfast

The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (Ollscoil na Banríona; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Rector (academia)

A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.

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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon (January 12, 1829 – September 20, 1879), born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins, was a Canadian writer and poet. John Reade and Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon are 19th-century Canadian poets, Canadian people of Irish descent, province of Canada people and writers from Montreal.

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Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists, and artists.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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Songs of the Great Dominion

Songs of the Great Dominion was a pioneering anthology of Canadian poetry published in 1889.

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The Gazette (Montreal)

The Gazette, also known as the Montreal Gazette, is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network.

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University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa (Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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William Douw Lighthall

William Douw Lighthall (December 27, 1857 – August 3, 1954), often referred to as W. D. Lighthall, was a Canadian lawyer, historian, novelist, poet and philosopher. John Reade and William Douw Lighthall are 19th-century Canadian poets, Canadian male poets and Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.

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1870 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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See also

19th-century Canadian essayists

Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada

People from Ballyshannon

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reade