Hall of Fame

Born: 20 September 1944, Kansas City, Missouri Died:  11 May 2020, Halifax, Nova Scotia  Field: Marine biology; Cephalopod physiology; Marine conservation As a faculty member in the Biology Department of Dalhousie University (1973 to 2015), Dr. Ron O’Dor had a distinguished career as an expert in the ecology, behavior and physiology of cephalopods (squid, octopi and cuttlefish). During his professional life, … Read More

    Born: 15 August 1923, Dovercourt, UK Died: 24 January 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field: Marine Ecology     Dr. Mann was associated with the Zoology Department at Reading University (1954-1966) and his biological research soon led him to studies on aquatic ecosystems. He received a research grant to study the ecosystem energy-flow of the Thames River as a … Read More

  Born:             12 Oct 1827, Scotland Died:              10 Nov 1895, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Chemist and Botanist     George Lawson, “the father of Canadian botany,” was the first Canadian resident to hold a doctorate in botany. He taught at Queen’s and Dalhousie Universities and served as Secretary of Agriculture for Nova Scotia. He explored the flora of Canada West [Ontario] and Nova … Read More

    Born:             3 Oct 1889, Overton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Died:              1975 Field:             Mathematician     Jeffery wrote several mathematical texts, served as the President of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 1957-1961, founded the Summer Research Institute of the Canadian Mathematical Congress, and was its Director for 15 years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1937, … Read More

    Born:             5 December 1904, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Died:              2000, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Botany, specializing in seaweeds       Constance Ida MacFarlane was one of a few women scientists working in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s. Her work on the ecology of seaweeds influenced the commercial harvesting in the region and elsewhere. She served as Director of the … Read More

  Born:             31 March 1852, Halifax, Nova Scotia Died:              21 May 1913, Edinburgh, Scotland Field:             Physicist     Holder of the first George Munro Chair in Physics at Dalhousie University, 1879–1901. A founding member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1882. Appointed the first Dean of Science at Dalhousie in 1891, he left Dalhousie in 1901 to accept the Chair of Natural … Read More

  Born:             1865, Pictou, Nova Scotia Died:              1938, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Physicist     Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in May, 1908. In 1910, Mackenzie was appointed President of Dalhousie University and served in that capacity until 1931. Bibliography Marble, Allan E.: Nova Scotians at Home and Abroad.  Lancelot Press, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1977.  

  Born:             8 September 1922, Aberdeen, Scotland Died:             12 March 1988, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Chemistry     Masson earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in chemistry from the University of Aberdeen, graduating with his PhD in 1948; he came to Canada shortly thereafter. His entire professional employment was with the National Research Council of Canada at the Atlantic Research Laboratory in Halifax, … Read More

  Born:             1886, Baddeck, Nova Scotia Died:              1961 Field:             Aircraft designer and builder     Worked with A. G. Bell and others of the Aerial Experiment Association in Baddeck on powered heavier-than-air flight. Chief designer and builder, and ultimately first pilot of the “Silver Dart”, which made the first manned airplane flight* in the British Empire (23 Feb. 1909). Was issued the first … Read More